Mimmo Jodice – City Night Dreamer

Born in the heart of Naples where he grew up, Mimmo Jodice became one of the most highly regarded Italian photographers. Jodice ventured into photography in the early 1960’s, working alongside artists like Andy Warhol, Beuys, Kounelis, Lewitt and others.

Mimmo Jodice. The Transformations of Vision. 2018. Courtesy of MAMM Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow. — Mimmo Jodice. *The Transformations of Vision*. 2018. Courtesy of MAMM Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow.

In his later work, he ventures far from the human subject and into the drama of cityscape photography. Menacing, intimidating, detached and grotesque architecture looms in Jodice’s work.

Mimmo Jodice. Rivitazioni. Tangenziale, Napoli 1978. Courtesy of mimmojodice.it — Mimmo Jodice. *Rivitazioni. Tangenziale*, Napoli 1978. Courtesy of mimmojodice.it

Mimmo Jodice. Rivitazioni. Napoli 2005. Courtesy of mimmojodice.it — Mimmo Jodice. *Rivitazioni. Napoli* 2005. Courtesy of mimmojodice.it

Mimmo Jodice. Figure del sociale. Prigione, Napoli 1977. Courtesy of mimmojodice.it — Mimmo Jodice. *Figure del sociale. Prigione, Napoli* 1977. Courtesy of mimmojodice.it

Mimmo Jodice. Venice. Riva degli Schiavoni 2010. Courtesy of Galerie Karsten Greve. — Mimmo Jodice. *Venice. Riva degli Schiavoni* 2010. Courtesy of Galerie Karsten Greve.

These cityscapes begin to unfold the silent truths of an exposed city, one that guards against secrets with its jarring culture, lights, and metal structure-only to be turned into a quiet dreamscape through Jodice’s lens. Truly attracted to space and metaphysical presence of city structure, Jodice unfolds these intimate, yet unsettling moments seemingly molded with the clay of the earth.

Mimmo Jodice. Vedute di Napoli. Opera nr.7 1980. Courtesy of mimmojodice.it — Mimmo Jodice. *Vedute di Napoli. Opera nr.7,* 1980. Courtesy of mimmojodice.it

Here, we can see his work in Rome.

Mimmo Jodice. Città visibili. Roma 2006. Courtesy of mimmojodice.it — Mimmo Jodice. *Città visibili. Roma,* 2006. Courtesy of mimmojodice.it

For workshops approaching visions of Jodice, our City Night workshop offers a dream-like subject in the quiet hours of the night, in the heart of the eternal city.

-Kirby Caraballo