Abstract nominee

"Hidden Flowers" is a work in which the natural element, contrary to classical aesthetics, is not represented for its and in its external beauty but is used as a tool (like the 35 mm film in film soup used) to evoke a hidden, sensual and unexpected beauty.

The light flatters the photographed object, caresses it, immersing it in a sort of liquid universe; it wets it and envelops it, in a jam of colors and pulsations.

The object abandons itself, bends and lets itself be transfigured, loses its shape becoming only pure color; saturated, almost acidic.

It is an intimate, vibrant and powerful vision that we witness in secret as if we were voyers, who devour the surface of the vision.

Antonio Rosato was born in Salento in 1984 and lives in Città di Castello (PG, Italy). Passionate and scholar of analog photography, he expresses his creativity by materializing in images and material works, suggestions and personal thoughts that explore both natural and anthropic reality and inner emotion. His artistic research uses various mediums like Polaroid and 35 mm film.


PRESS
“Achronic Symbiosis-Piazza Matteotti” published in the catalog “URBAN UNVEILS THE CITY AND IT’S SECRETS” 2024
“Hidden Flowers” published in issue #16 Visual Art Journal (2025).
“Hidden Flowers” published in "Under my skin" ISBN catalogue edited by BACKTICK’ (2025).

EXHIBITIONS
"Ritual" published in Float Magazine's online exhibition "Whispering Shadows” (2025).
"Ritual" published in F-STOP's issue #129 February/March 2025 in group online exhibition "Landscape 2025”.
“Achronic Symbiosis-Via San Florido”- Analog Sparks Collective Exhibition at House of Lucie Ostuni (2025)
“Black Ballerina” - Uncensored Collective Exhibition at Art Gallery Finestreria Milano ( 2025)

AWARDS
Third place (Bronze) in the category Non-professional-Fine Art/Collage in the ANALOG SPARKS AWARD 2024 with the “Achronic Symbiosis”.

Third place (Bronze) in the category Innovation in the CONTEMPORARY COLLAGE MAGAZINE AWARDS 2024 with the “Achronic Symbiosis”.