NAPOLI EXPLOSION

The exhibition features 37 large-scale works by photographer Mario Amura, who, in a project developed over more than 13 years, has immortalized in true photographic paintings the fireworks celebration that the Neapolitan people stage around Mount Vesuvius on New Year’s Eve. Over the years, the project has evolved into an experimentation of new forms of writing with light, using a unique color palette provided by the hundreds of thousands of fireworks exploding simultaneously. Over time, Napoli Explosion has become a work in search of the feeling of light.

"Gaze into these artworks for an enduring span, delve into their depths. The great danger, is that they may blind. They are so rich, so brilliant, that’s a bit like staring at the Sun with naked eyes."