The clicArt gallery is the response to the desire for a new focal point in Italian and international photography. We must  emphasize the term “novel” since it is key to the entire philosophy of the project.
To begin with, the authors presented are all novel. clicArt’s intent is to focus on promoting emerging photographers: artists who, irrespective of their age, have not yet had the opportunity to present their work through an exhibition, in a prestigious location  combined with a monographic  publication  and with a clear intention to move into the market of collectionism.
The commercial management of the initiative is also novel. The prices maintained at a moderate level of between 250-500 Euros, all the the proceeds from works sold will all go to the authors. By foregoing its percentage share, the gallery is setting a “political price”;  hopefully this will lead to a much wider range of  buyers.
Exhibition  policy, too, is novel. clicArt is located  in a strategic part of central Milan – the key crossroad of artistic and professional photography in Italy. It is  an exceptional gateway for  selected, unknown authors, who just need to present their portfolio to the gallery’s artistic director.
There is a novel aspect in how, at this moment in time, one goes about recovering the photography of emotions. Preference will go to those images which can forcefully communicate stories of life and forms of perception; in contrast to contemporary photography which looks almost exclusively at conceptualized ideas, thematically so dominant in recent years.
The quality of the product sold will be guaranteed through a respect for the most “classical” of traditions. The  process of archivial print  will be employed for all photographs, with limited and numbered copies. An elegant folder can be requested for each author, containing four images (format 30x40 cm) all mounted on museum card passepartout  The authors folders  are placed in boxes (format 40x50 cm) suited to conserving and preserving photographic materials. As yet further guarantee of the product purchased, the  photograph or folder will be supplied with a document of authenticity.
With three years of activity, the prestigious location and the monographic publication MarkaMagazine  for clicArt, the clicArt project wants to give emerging photographers a dignified opportunity equal to that of already well-acclaimed authors. We are driven by a passion for photography and by an urge to create a “fervid” interest in the cultural panorama; we are  committed to achieving two ambitions in particular – helping the emergence of new talent and cultivating a new form of photographic collectionism.
 

 

CLICART IN SYNTHESIS 

Location
Museo Zucchi, via Ugo Foscolo 4, Milan – Italy

Hours
Mondays 3:30 pm – 7.30 pm 
Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 am – 7.30 pm
Free entry

Publication
MarkaMagazine, monographic publication coinciding with each exhibition, free of charge

Concept
Marka Photographic Agency
Zucchi S.p.A.

Artistic Director
Enrica Vigano'

CLICART EXHIBITIONS

2005
June 7 - July 23
Rebecca Norris Webb The glass between us
February 22 – April 9
Maurizio Sapia Nature non morte

2004
September 28 – November 13    
Erika Barahona Ede It’s a man’s world
June 1- July 17
Mattia Insolera Angolo B
February 24 – April 3
Pedro Alvarez Escapistas

2003

November 18 – December 31
Walter Baccon In bilico
October 7 – November 15  
David Hornback Dove diavolo è Wichita?
May 13 – June 28  
Ilaria Turba Sin memoria me muero
March 11 – May 8  
Nevio Doz Gente di Tonnara

2002

November 12 – December 31
Federica La Rosa  Matices
October 1 – Novembre 9  
Emanuele Colombo Cronache marziane
May 14 – June 29  
Ragnar Axelsson Un mondo ai confini del mondo
January 29 – March 16  
Marianna Cappelli Cupo Incanto