The unmistakable silhouette of the Osborne bull is so deeply rooted in our
minds, it has become a vernacular object in photography: widely used in art and cinema, due
to its widespread recognizability and the powerful image it evokes, they could be considered
one of the most potent images of the recent decade.
In Montagna’s photographies, the big Osborne signs an articulate and controversial dialogue
with the surrounding areas. They become a means to describe the landscape, opening a
diatribe with the social and natural environment and revealing the role of images as
interference between public/and private, power/perception, politics and people.
Montagna's images unveil the mechanisms of forming a disputable meaning in the landscape.
minds, it has become a vernacular object in photography: widely used in art and cinema, due
to its widespread recognizability and the powerful image it evokes, they could be considered
one of the most potent images of the recent decade.
In Montagna’s photographies, the big Osborne signs an articulate and controversial dialogue
with the surrounding areas. They become a means to describe the landscape, opening a
diatribe with the social and natural environment and revealing the role of images as
interference between public/and private, power/perception, politics and people.
Montagna's images unveil the mechanisms of forming a disputable meaning in the landscape.
