Délio Jasse
Born in 1980 in Luanda, Angola
Lives and works in Milan, Italy
In
his photographic work, Délio Jasse often interweaves found images with
clues from past lives (found passport photos, family albums) to draw
links between photography – in particular the concept of the ‘latent
image’ – and memory. Jasse is known for experimenting with analogue
photographic printing processes, including cyanotype, platinum and early
printing processes such as ‘Van Dyke Brown’, as well as developing his
own printing techniques. He uses analogue processes to subvert the
reproducibility of the photographic medium, creating subtle variants and
interventions using painting, liquid-light, gold-leafing and collage.
Jasse’s
recent exhibitions include Arquivo Urbano, Tiwani Contemporary, London
(2019); The Other Chapter, PHotoESPAÑA (2019); An imaginary city, MAXXI,
Rome (2018); Schengen, Villa Romana, Florence (2018); La Cité dans le
Jour Bleu, Dak’art Biennale (2018); Recent Histories, Walther
Collection, Neu-Ulm and New York (2017); That, Around Which the Universe
Revolve, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin (2017); Afrotopia, Bamako
Encounters, Bamako (2017) and On Ways of Travelling, the Angolan
Pavilion at the 56th Veni