Lynn Davis | Modern Views of Ancient Treasures, Al Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia

Lynn Davis’s photographic work navigates the fine line between travel, memory and conceptual exploration, challenging the fast pace of contemporary visual consumption to create veritable timeless oases.

Through the skilful use of traditional techniques — such as silver salt printing and sophisticated toning in sepia, selenium or gold — the American artist immortalises the ruins of the past and isolated archaeological landscapes, highlighting their metaphysical essence and mystery. Ideally following in the footsteps of history’s great explorers, Davis travels to distant lands, particularly across the Middle East and Central Asia, transforming the concept of exoticism into a tool for profound understanding and cultural exchange.

Her large-scale photographs do not merely document or nostalgically evoke the past, but harness the timelessness of ruins to prompt the viewer to see the present with fresh eyes, conveying a sense of absolute and surprising relevance.

Exhibitions by the artist at Studio la Città
1991 – Lynn Davis | Solo show
1993 – Inventario – Artisti in Via Dietro Filippini | Group exhibition
2001 – Black & White Is Beautiful | Group exhibition
2005 – Orientalismi | Group exhibition
2007 – …E Ricomincio da Tre + In Dialogo | Group exhibition
2012 – Modern Views of Ancient Treasures (Museo Archeologico, Venezia) | Solo show
2014 – De Rerum Natura | Group exhibition
2017 – Archeologie del presente | Group exhibition
2019 – Recursions and Mutations | Group exhibition
2019 – 50 Anni. Una Storia. Quello Che Non Ho Venduto | Group exhibition
2020 – Torn Curtain. Buongiorno, Buonasera | Group exhibition