Synthesis | Artist’s Book by Attilio Scimone – Selected Works | Fine Art Photography

Specifications

Title: Synthesis — Selected Works Collection

Date: 1990–2010

Type: Artist’s book with photographs printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308

Edition: Unique copy
The edition number refers to the work as a whole and not to the individual photographs it contains. No further copies of Synthesis will be produced.

Book format: 30 × 35 × 3 cm

Contents: 32 photographs printed on Fine Art paper, Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308

Binding: Handcrafted by skilled artisans

Cover: Cloth-bound cover with applied photograph printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308

Authenticity: The work includes edition number, year of production, printing technique, print size, and the artist’s handwritten signature

Synthesis is a unique artist’s book that brings together a selection of works by Attilio Scimone created between 1990 and 2010. Conceived as a collection within a collection, the book gathers images originating from different periods and contexts, united by a consistent inquiry into the image as a site of thought, memory, and presence. Rather than following a linear narrative or stylistic progression, Synthesis proposes a constellation of autonomous works, each page conceived as an individual collectible artwork. The book functions as a

non-descriptive self-portrait, constructed through stratification and temporal convergence, rendering visible the duration of a long-term artistic research.

Synthesis è un libro d’artista unico che riunisce una selezione di opere di Attilio Scimone realizzate tra il 1990 e il 2010. Concepite come una collezione dentro la collezione, le immagini provengono da periodi e contesti differenti, ma sono accomunate da un’indagine coerente sull’immagine intesa come luogo di pensiero, memoria e presenza. Piuttosto che seguire una narrazione lineare o una progressione stilistica, Synthesis propone una costellazione di opere autonome, in cui ogni pagina è concepita come un’opera collezionabile a sé stante. Il libro funziona come un autoritratto non descrittivo, costruito per stratificazione e convergenza temporale, rendendo visibile la durata di una ricerca artistica di lungo periodo.