Fontanesi‘s latest work seems to be the symbolic photo of the return from holiday this year. With the head still at the beach and the body ready to go to work. With his classic collage style, using Instagram’s Layout tool, the artist combines two shots – one above and one below – creating new realities, sometimes absurd, sometimes not so improbable. With 171K followers, Fontanesi’s profile has grown rapidly in recent years, especially this year, thanks to the new trend of using Layout more and more in stories. To tell the truth, it would seem that the name Fontanesi is now associated with this style, so much so that users tag him in photographs taken by themselves tracing this dual fragmentation. A few years ago Artribune article even coined the term ‘Fontanesian practice’, clearly visible both on his feed and in his latest book Landscapes. But who is Fontanesi?

Who is Fontanesi, the feed that drives Instagram crazy

Actually, Fontanesi’s identity is still a mystery. He could be a single person as well as a collective. What is certain is that this account is increasingly popular, increasingly growing and why not, perhaps it was he who influenced the style of the Layout stories depopulated this year.

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