Michelangelo Galliani's poetry of marble is on display in Carrara

From July 24 to Sept. 15, 2021, the Vôtre space in Carrara will host the exhibition Nebula, a solo show by sculptor Michelangelo Galliani (Montecchio Emilia, 1975) in the 18th-century rooms of Palazzo del Medico, rich in stucco, frescoes and marble decorations. Promoted by Vôtre spazi contemporanei, with the collaboration of Cris Contini Contemporary and Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, the exhibition revolves around an exhibition itinerary on the main floor of the palace, a late Baroque jewel of the 18th century in Carrara, and includes a concise selection of works, some of them previously unpublished, that the artist himself and Nicola Ricci, president of the Vôtre Cultural Association and owner of the space of the same name at Palazzo del Medico, have chosen to place in dialogue with the place that hosts them.

On display will be the triptych Blu (2012), composed of three engravings in burin on lead, two Vanitas (2021), respectively in onyx and black marquinia marble with vine shoots in gold and silver leaf, and the work Rebvs vitae (2018), recently presented at the Basilica of San Celso in Milan. Inside the alcove, a triumph of white and polychrome marble, the polyptych Nebula (2021), which gives the exhibition its title, will be installed. Unopera in statuary marble from Carrara, worked as if it were a sheet of paper, which was created from a photograph of a nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

“I have always frequented Carrara and its marbles,” explains Michelangelo Galliani, “its workers and their hard work. Its quarries have been a visceral love from the beginning. I have always struggled with a material that is as hostile as it is sweet and wonderful. The works selected for the exhibition creep into a baroque space laden with history, frills and color. Works born from the ashes of this important past to dialogue with the present in new forms.”

The solo exhibition will be open until Sept. 15, 2021, in July and September from Tuesday to Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m., in August from Tuesday to Saturday from 6 to 11 p.m., Sunday by appointment. Free admission. For information: phone +39 3384417145, associazionevotre@gmail.com, nicolaricci1@virgilio.it.

Michelangelo Galliani was born in 1975 in Montecchio Emilia, Reggio Emilia. He began working as a sculptor at a very young age. He first attended the Istituto dArte Paolo Toschi in Parma with a specialization in Scenotechnics, then specialized at the Istituto per l’Arte e il Restauro di Palazzo Spinelli in Florence and finally graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara with a specialization in Sculpture. Since 1996, he has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Recent exhibitions include Le Latitudini dellArte (Hungary and Italy, Vigadò Galéria, Budapest, 2017), Wondertime (GAM, Catania, 2018), Skulptur, trifft Figur (Einladung, Austria, 2018), Sensitive Surfaces (Cris Contini Contemporary, London, 2019), Ad integrum. 4 works by Michelangelo Galliani at the Basilica of San Celso (Basilica di San Celso, Milan, 2020). He also participated in the project Art&Design, promoted by Andrea Castrignano on the occasion of Milano Design City 2020. The following exhibitions are worth mentioning in 2021: In fragmenta (Cris Contini Contemporary, Porto Montenegro, until Oct. 15, 2021), Vertigo (Museo Casa Natale di Michelangelo Buonarroti, Caprese Michelangelo, Arezzo, Aug. 22-Sept. 26, 2021). He was awarded the Franco Cuomo International Award for l’Arte with an award ceremony in the Sala Zuccari of Palazzo Giustiniani in Rome. Currently, in addition to his work as a sculptor, he holds the chair of Marble and Stone Techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino. He works with the Cris Contini Contemporary gallery based in London and Porto Montenegro.

Below are some of the works in the exhibition.

Michelangelo Galliani, Vanitas (2021; marquinia black marble, silver leaf and stainless steel, 70 x 70 x 100 cm)

Michelangelo Galliani, Vanitas, detail (2021; onyx, gold leaf and stainless steel, 20 x 20 x 65 cm)

Michelangelo Galliani, Nebula (2021; Carrara statuary marble, stainless steel, and brass, 55 x 100 x 4 cm)

Michelangelo Galliani, Rebvs vitae (2018; Carrara statuary marble and stainless steel, 130 x 55 x 60 cm)

Michelangelo Galliani's poetry of marble is on display in Carrara

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