Aesthetics, the starting point and culmination of Diego Dominici’s artistic exploration, become the primary means through which to dissect the obsessions, deviations and affective-cognitive shortcomings of everyday human life.
Diego Dominici
Italy
A graduate in philosophy, Diego brings to his visual practice a wealth of reflection and conceptual depth that translates into works capable of probing the depths of the human psyche. It is perhaps thanks to this background that his images manage to convey, alongside impeccable formal beauty, a depth of thought that is rare in the contemporary scene.
Aesthetics, which for him represent both the starting point and the destination, become a tool for exploring the inner self. Sometimes jarring, at other times soothing: his photographs are never mere images, but visual stories, profound narratives that pierce the two-dimensionality of photography to reveal what often remains hidden. The choice is the viewer’s: to stop at formal perfection, meticulously constructed thanks to a photographic mastery honed over time, or to allow oneself to be drawn into a deeper exploration, one capable of raising questions rather than providing answers.
Fenix, Mimesi series, 2026
Archival pigment print on 100% cotton paper Hahnemühle PhotoRag® BrightWhite 310gsm, 40 × 26 cm | 15 ³/₄ x 10 ¹⁵/₆₄ in. Wood framed artwork, with museum glass, measuring 42 × 28 × 3 cm | 16 ¹⁷/₃₂ x 11 ¹/₃₂ x 1 ³/₁₆ in. Edition 1/3 + 2 A.P..
Daffodil, You deserve series, 2026
Archival pigment print on 100% cotton paper Hahnemühle PhotoRag® BrightWhite 310gsm, 45 × 30 cm | 17 ²³/₃₂ x 11 ¹³/₁₆ in. Wood framed artwork, with museum glass, measuring 47 × 32 × 3 cm | 18 ¹/₂ x 12 ¹⁹/₃ x 1 ³/₁₆ in. Edition 1/3 + 2 A.P..