Michelangelo Galliani Italy, b. 1975
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Michelangelo GallianiIcons III, 2023Carrara Marble and brass40 x 40 x 15 cm.
15.75 x 15.75 x 5.91 in. -
Michelangelo GallianiNoctilucent, 2023Carrara Marble and Silver80 x 23 x 28 cm
31.5 x 9.06 x 11.02 in -
Michelangelo GallianiPaesaggi Notturni, 2023Bronce, brass, lead30 x 30 x 25 cm
11.81 x 11.81 x 9.84 in -
Michelangelo GallianiUn Giardino Imperfetto, 2022Carrara statuary marble, wood, resin and gold leaf55 x 43 x 43 cm
21.65 x 16.93 x 16.93 in -
Michelangelo GallianiNebula, 2021Carrara statuary marble, stainless steel and brass55 x 100 x 4 cm
21.65 x 39.37 x 1.57 in -
Michelangelo GallianiVanitas, 2021Onyx, wood and stainless steel20 x 20 x 55 cm
7.87 x 7.87 x 21.65 in -
Michelangelo GallianiVanitas, 2021Carrara statuary marble, wood and stainless steel90 x 65 x 65 cm
35.43 x 25.59 x 25.59 in -
Michelangelo GallianiFuggi, 2018White Carrara marble and Murano glass270 x 35 x 30 cm cad.
106.3 x 13.78 x 11.81 in each
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Michelangelo GallianiGold Self Portrait, 2018Gold Ceramic on stainless steel32 x 32 cm
12.6 x 12.6 in2/6 -
Michelangelo GallianiRose on the mirror, 2018Statuario Carrara marble, glass and stainless steel80 x 40 x 23 cm
31.5 x 15.7 x 9.1 in -
Michelangelo GallianiSelf Portrait on the Mirror, 2018Carrara marble and stainless steel34 x 34 x 13 cm
13.4 x 13.4 x 5.1 in -
Michelangelo GallianiDi Luce d'Oro, 2012Carrara Marble, lead, gold leaf60 x 60 x 40 cm
23.62 x 23.62 x 15.75 in
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"The actual function of marble within art practice as a medium of sculptures is lifted by Galliani. He becomes the bearer of a drawing, in the same pure white as a canvas. This hybridisation and mutation of the material and the genres, combined with a recourse to classical tendencies, is characteristic for Michelangelo Galliani's oeuvre."
Born on 10 October 1975 in Montecchio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, where he still lives and works. Michelangelo Galliani began to work as a sculptor at an early age. The artist attended, initially, the Paolo Toschi Art Institute in Parma and, later, the Institute of Palazzo Spinelli in Florence, finally earning a degree in Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara. Galliani, in addition to his activity as a sculptor, is Professor inMarble and Semi-Precious Stones Techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino.
Galliani tenaciously challenges the stone and its hardness by carving it manually and methodically with surgical instruments. This unusual technique represents an important milestone in the development of his conceptual work and the creation of an original and refined style. Galliani focuses on expressions, twisting bodies, soft features and divine elegance, combining different traditions and technical accuracy: the result is a fascinating production where the works of art represent a varied interpretation, irrational and aesthetically appealing of classical sculpture. Although the artist uses in most sculptures the technique of the 'unfinished' to make them similar to ancient finds recently discovered, their dramatic expressions ensure that the work appears complete to the observer.
Without the use of preliminary sketches, the sculptural fragments are juxtaposed with metals such as brass, lead and iron, in order to obtain a contemporary and distinctive identity; through this technique, Galliani emphasizes the study that is the basis of his works, offering, at the same time, original compositions that deftlymanage the relationship between 3D sculptures and flat surfaces.
The artist has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions, both in Italy and internationally, exhibiting in London, Spain, Turkey and China. In 2005 he exhibited at the Biennale Giovani in Monza and in 2004 at the Quadriennale in Rome; in 2008 he won the Fabbri Award in Bologna. In 2014 he was selected as a finalist at the Open Art International Art Competition in Milan; in 2015 his works were in the foreground at the Italian Art Expo curated by Vittorio Sgarbi. In 2019 he won the prestigious Franco Cuomo International Award in the Art section for his original sculptural production and the special sensitivity with which he explores new ways of expression.
Among the recent solo exhibitions, Nebula (2021) in the eighteenth-century halls of the Palazzo del Medico in Carrara, promoted by Vôtre contemporary spaces and with the collaboration of Cris Contini Contemporary and Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Vertigo (2021), curated by Cris Contini Contemporary, at the Museo Casa Natale di Michelangelo Buonarroti in Caprese Michelangelo (AR), Noctilucent (2023), curated by Lorenzo Belli, organized by Alkedo aps in collaboration with Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Cris Contini Contemporary and Terre Medicee, at the Spazio Cappella Marchi, Chiesa della Madonna del Carmine, Seravezza (LU).
From 23 April to 27 November 2022 the artist participated in the Venice Biennale with the Pavilion of the Republic of San Marino at Palazzo Donà dalle Rose with his project Il Giardino Imperfetto, curated by Prof. Pasquale Lettieri.
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La lunga estate calda (e laboriosa) di Galliani, al centro di tre progetti di alto livello
Lara Maria Ferrari, Article , August 1, 2021 -
Galliani, uno scultore a casa di Michelangelo
Mariagiuseppina Bo, Article , August 18, 2021 -
Postumano Metamorfico - Biennale Venezia 2022
Inside Art, article, April 14, 2022 -
Michelangelo Galliani: Postumano Metamorfico - Biennale Venezia 2022
Gazzetta di Reggio, article, March 30, 2023
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UNDERGROUND FEVER
MICHELANGELO GALLIANI 4 - 14 Oct 2023In the evocative setting of The Crypt Gallery beneath St Pancras Church, Euston Rd, London, Cris Contini Contemporary presents ‘Underground Fever’, the latest exhibition by the Italian sculptor Michelangelo GallianI from the 4th to the 14th October 2023.Read more -
BIENNALE ARTE 2022
59. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte 23 Apr - 27 Nov 2022POSTUMANO METAMORFICORead more
Padiglione della Repubblica di San Marino
alla 59. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte – La Biennale di Venezia
Elisa Cantarelli, Nicoletta Ceccoli, Endless, Michelangelo Galliani, Rosa Mundi, Roberto Paci Dalò, Anne-Cécile Surga, Michele Tombolini
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VERTIGO
MUSEO CASA NATALE MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI 22 Aug - 26 Sep 2021VERTIGO, the Michelangelo Galliani solo exhibition at Michelangelo Buonarroti's House Museum from the 22nd August to the 26th September 2021.Read more
VERTIGO la mostra di Michelangelo Galliani al Museo Casa Natale di Michelangelo Buonarroti dal 22 Agosto al 26 Settembre 2021- Cris Contini Contemporary -
Sensitive Surfaces
MICHELANGELO GALLIANI 28 Jun - 5 Sep 2019Sensitive Surfaces by Michelangelo Galliani 28th June - 5th September 2019 at Contini Contemporary Art Gallery, Mayfair London - Maayfair Art Weekend 2019Read more
The exhibition will display a collection of Michelangelo Galliani 3D sculptures and flat surfaces which incorporates heads, torsos, limbs, fragments of stories that turn into more structured unities. Michelangelo Galliani is a master of triggering feelings: skilfully combining heterogeneous materials such as marble, steel, wax, slate, ceramic, lead and gold the artist composes splendid metamorphic figures.
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La via d'Oro
Michelangelo Galliani 2019 Read more -
Postumano Metamorfico
Pavilion of the Republic of San Marino - 59. International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2022 Read more -
Sensitive Surfaces
Michelangelo Galliani 2019 Read more -
UNDERGROUND FEVER
Michelangelo Galliani 2023 Read more -
VERTIGO
Michelangelo Galliani 2021 Read more
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ECHOES
MICHELANGELO GALLIANI & MARIKA RICCHI 21 Nov - 20 Dec 2024From 21 November to 20 December, the exhibition ‘Echoes’ by Michelangelo Galliani and Marika Ricchi, curated by Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei, in collaboration with the Cris Contini Contemporary gallery in London, will open at the Phidias antiques modern and contemporary art gallery in Via Roma 22 in Reggio Emilia.Read more -
UN/NATURAL
Michelangelo Galliani 10 Nov - 15 Dec 2024UN/NATURAL RICCARDO BARUZZI, RUDY CREMONINI, MATTEO FATO MICHELANGELO GALLIANI, NICOLA SAMORI', DAVIDE TRANCHINA curated by Michele Cotelli and Alberto ZanchettaRead more -
Michelangelo Galliani - SAGITTA
Ordinario-uomo-straordinario 21 Mar - 11 May 2024As part of the review "Of the Human Dimension. Contemporary Art and Visions along the Via Emilia", Studio la Linea Verticale in Bologna presents, from 21 March to 11 May 2024, "Sagitta. Ordinary-man-extraordinary", Michelangelo Galliani's first solo exhibition in BolognaRead more -
Noctilucent
Michelangelo Galliani 8 - 30 Jul 2023“Noctilucent” Michelangelo Galliani's solo exhibition curated by Lorenzo Belli organised by Alkedo aps and Galleria Giovanni Bonelli in collaboration with Cris Contini Contemporary and with the support of the Fondazione Terre Medicee and the Municipality of Seravezza from the 8th to the 30th July 2023 at Seravezza in Spazio Cappella Marchi. “Noctilucent” la mostra di Michelangelo Galliani a cura di Lorenzo Belli organizzata da Alkedo aps e Galleria Giovanni Bonelli in collaborazione Cris Contini Contemporary e con il supporto della Fondazione Terre Medicee e del Comune di Seravezza dall'8 al 30 Luglio 2023 a mostra a Seravezza nello Spazio Cappella Marchi.Read more -
WHITE CARRARA 2023 | STILL LIVE(F)E | MARMO VIVO
Michelangelo Galliani 17 Jun - 1 Oct 2023WHITE CARRARA 2023 STILL LIV(F)E MARMO VIVO da un’idea di Cinzia Compalati e con la direzione artistica di Claudio Composti Michelangelo GalliianiRead more -
MARIKA RIKKI | MICHELANGELO GALLIANI | VALERIA VACCARO - ART STAYS
20TH FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART, SLOVENIA 7 Jul - 18 Sep 2022On July 7, the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Art Stays Festival of Contemporary Art begins. It has been bringing to Ptuj since 2003, the best that Slovenian and foreign contemporary artists have to offer and has featured a number of promising young artistsRead more -
UR - La profondità dell'enigma
8 Apr - 26 Jun 2022Throughout the spring season of the MAGI '900 Museum, the writer and poet Gian Ruggero Manzoni offers a selection of nine Italian artists of different generations, united by poetics that sink their narrative horizon in the mythical imagination. On display are many works by Alberto Bambi, Daniela Carletti, Michelangelo Galliani, Gianni Guidi, Fabrizio Loschi, Sergio Monari, Giovanni Scardovi, Amir Sharifpour and Sergio Zanni, build a path that, while leaving in full light the individual individualities, intertwines fascinating shared narratives, between memory and transcendence, naturalness and mystery.Read more -
POSTMODERNO METAMORFICO
ART & LUXURY GALLERY, VIA UBERTO VISCONTI DI MODRONE 6, 20124 MILAN 31 Mar - 30 Apr 2022Cris Contini Contemporary and Prof. Pasquale Lettieri are pleased to invite you to "Metamorphic Postmodern", the exhibition dedicated to the works and the artists who will participate in the Venice Biennale 2022 with the Pavilion of the Republic of San Marino at Palazzo Donà delle Rose in Venice.Read more -
HYBRIS | Profeti in patria – Cammini d’artista a Montecchio Emilia
Massimiliano Galliani e Michelangelo Galliani 6 Nov 2021 - 27 Mar 2022In Montecchio Emilia (Re), from 6 November 2021 to 27 March 2022 the review 'Prophets in the homeland - Artist's paths in Montecchio Emilia' returns,...Read more -
Nebula
Michelangelo Galliani 24 Jul - 15 Sep 2021In the eighteenth-century rooms of the Palazzo del Medico of Carrara, rich in stuccos, frescoes and marble decorations, will be hosted, from 24 July to...Read more -
IN FRAGMENTA
Michelangelo Galliani 5 Jul - 15 Oct 2021Michelangelo Galliani is the protagonist of an important an plein air exhibition that embellishes summer, set up at the Porto Montenegro and Elena Square from...Read more -
INSINUARTE: Classico/Contemporaneo; i l bianco, il blu e altro.
Michelangelo Galliani | Marika Ricchi 2 - 30 May 2021The collective exhibition INSINUAARTE: Classic / Contemporary; white, blue and more curated by Mariaimma Gozzi at the Palazzo Sforza Cesarini in Genzano, Rome, presents the works of fifteen of the most representative artists of Contemporary Art such as Michelangelo Galliani and Marika Ricchi. La mostra collettiva INSINUAARTE: Classico/Contemporaneo; il bianco, il blu e altro a cura di Mariaimma Gozzi presso il Palazzo Sforza Cesarini in Genzano, Roma, presenta le opere di quindici artisti tra i più rappresentativi dell'Arte Contemporanea come Michelangelo Galliani e Marika RicchiRead more -
ArtVerona Digital 2020
4 - 14 Dec 2020This year Art Verona inaugurates its new digital format ART VERONA DIGITAL 2020. Do not miss Cris Contini Contemporary's selection, until 14th December.Read more -
AD INTEGRUM
4 Michelangelo Galliani’s artworks in S. Celso. 23 Oct - 8 Dec 2020AD INTEGRUM, 4 MICHELANGELO GALLIANI’S ARTWORKS IN S.CELSO Curated by Angela Madesani 23 October - 15 November 2020 at San Celsio, Milan ItalyRead more -
Art & Design | Milano Design City 2020
Andrea Castrignano - Michelangelo Galliani 28 Sep - 10 Oct 2020Art & Design | Milano Design City 2020, the Fuorisalone 2020 project by Andrea Castrignano. From 28 Sept to 10 oct 2020. Undici artisti accreditati tra cui Michelangelo Galliani e altrettante Aziende partner che consolidano il loro ruolo di innovatori nel campo del design e dell’interior project. Even accredited artists and eleven partner companies will consolidate their role as innovators in the field of design and interior design.Read more -
Franco Cuomo International Award
Sculptor Michelangelo Galliani awarded 4 Dec 2019VI EDITION FRANCO CUOMO INTERNATIONAL AWARD AWARDED IN THE ARTS SECTION 2019 Michelangelo Galliani THE CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE ON DECEMBER THE 4TH AT...Read more -
ARTREE
Omar Galliani, Michelangelo Galliani, Massimiliano Galliani 12 Oct - 12 Dec 2019Where Burri was born, where the young Raffaello made his first steps, Galleria delle Arti in Cittá di Castello (PG) directed by Luigi Amadei since...Read more -
Contemporary art for marginalised people
Christie's charity auction in support of women victims of violence organised by Alliance for African Assistance Italy 11 - 16 Jul 2019Contemporary art for the marginalized is the charity auction organised by Alliance for African Assistance Italy (AAA Italy), in collaboration with Christie's, Il Cigno Edizioni and Cris Contini Contemporary Gallery, in support of women who were victims of violence. in Roma at San Salvatore in Lauro Museums on the 16th July 2019. ENDLESS will be presenting a live painting performanceduring the auction infusing classic Roman imagery with his own iconic works in a piece he has titled ‘Roman Chapel’.Read more -
Sensitive Surfaces Workshop
ministered by the Italian sculptor Michelangelo Galliani 29 Jun 2019Sensitive Surfaces Workshop at Cris Contini Contemporary Art Gallery ministered by the Italian sculptor Michelangelo Galliani on 29th Jun 3-5 pm in occasion of the Mayfair Art Weekend EventRead more -
La Via d'Oro
Michelangelo Galliani 11 May - 30 Jun 2019La Via d'oro (The golden road) exhibition by MIchelangelo Galliani's solo exhibition from the 11th of May to the 30th of June 2019 at the Contemporary Art Gallery of Palazzo Ducale nel Frignano, of Pavullo, curated by the Director Paolo Donini, in collaboration with Cris Contini Contemporary Gallery of London. The show will exhibit Michelangelo Galliani's works, established sculptor on the Italian and international scene and professor of Tecnhiques of Marble and Stones at the Urbino Academy of Fine Art.Read more
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ARTREE
Omar Galliani, Michelangelo Galliani, Massimiliano Galliani October 24, 2019 -
Vergine degli inganni
Michelangelo Galliani April 18, 2020 -
On Air | Studio Aperto | VERTIGO | Michelangelo Galliani
Servizio di Eleonora Rossi Castelli September 19, 2021 -
POSTUMANO METAMORFICO | Pavilion of the Republic of San Marino | La Biennale di Venezia 2022
Directed by LAURA SCATENA July 6, 2022The Pavilion of the Republic of San Marino at the 59th International Art Exhibition –La Biennale di Venezia will be hosted from 23 April to 27 November 2022 in the Renaissance spaces of Palazzo Donà Dalle Rose, Venice.Read more -
POSTUMANO METAMORFICO - LA BIENNALE ARTE 2022
PRESENTAZIONE PADIGLIONE REPUBBLICA DI SAN MARINO August 25, 2022The Pavilion of the Republic of San Marino at the 59th International Art Exhibition –La Biennale di Venezia will be hosted from 23 April to 27 November 2022 in the Renaissance spaces of Palazzo Donà Dalle Rose.Read more