Location: United States
Michael Angelo Gagliardi
High Springs Florida
Artist Statement:
Illustrations for stories not yet told…
All Art is storytelling. All art, whether it is dance, theatre, film, music or visual art is about an artist trying to tell a story. A painting or sculpture no matter what style, media or subject is a visual snapshot of a moment in the timeline of a story.
Michael Angelo uses his experiences in live theatre and visual arts to create an aesthetic concept where the viewer is invited to participate in the artistic process.
In all these paintings and sculpture, Michael Angelo has created a character, environment and symbolic subliminal imagery. In addition, the artwork is titled with a caption to the story it is representing. This is his moments frozen in time, vignettes, Rorschach blots, in which the artist gives no further explanation than what is visually presented.
The viewer is asked to look at this imagery and ask one’s self what is its story. The viewer is not a passive by-product outside of the artistic process, but rather an active element that gives meaning to the work. In the end, all art is a story and each artist a story teller.
As with a Rorschach blot, no two viewers will create the same story. The meaning of the artwork is; therefore, also different from viewer to viewer. Each story is therefore equally valid.
“In the end, this is what artist are, in our most basic form, We are all story tellers. It is my hope that by telling someone stories with my art, I can provoke some new thoughts or feelings. To touch someone’s soul. Maybe by doing this, I will have earned the honor of inspiring other artists, maybe who will tell my story.” Michael Angelo Gagliardi - 2017
Michael Angelo Gagliardi
www.Artflowslikewater.com
on facebook as
“The Artwork Of Michael Angelo Gagliardi”
MA901@aol.com
“The Ascension Of St Clair...”
Approx. 48" x 36" x 21/2" 2015
done with the loving memory of my big sister
“Self Portrait And A Quantum Singularity... or Spagettification And A Meatball...”
Oil Stick on Shaped Canvas
aprox. 50" x 50"
“So Died Hector The Tamer Of Horses...”
Oil Stick on Shaped Canvas
42" x 42"
2015
Oil Stick on Shaped Canvas
22" x 72"
2014
The shape comes from the sides are 20" long and are Parallel lines the center is 22" making the top and bottom intersecting arcs. This gives the illusion of great depth to the painting
“Then The Darkness Took Him...”
Oil Stick on Shaped Canvas aprox.
60" x 36"
2013
Acrylic on canvas 30" x 60 "
2012
Acrylic on canvas 30" x 60 "
2012
Oil Stick on Canvas Aprox 40" x 60"
2012
“The Shonan Maru And The Sea... or Better Living Thru Factory Living...”
Oil Stick on Canvas Aprox 40" x 60"
2012
Oil Stick on Canvas Aprox 40" x 60"
2012
Wood Cement clear and colored epoxy
2012
“Water Fowl... detail of angel”
Wood Cement clear and colored epoxy
2012
Wood Cement clear and colored epoxy
2012
“Old Man And A Dead Sea... Detail of the old man”
Wood Cement clear and colored epoxy
2012
“It wasn't Medusa Eyes It was Her Hair.”
Oil stick on Mixed media. 48" x 60" 2011
"It Wasn't Medusa's Hair, It Was Her Eyes.
Punished and displayed for our time together.
Sorry Babe but it was just a one night thing."
“She Danced Like The Memory Of Degas...”
Acrylic on Canvas 36" x 60" 2012
“The Point of Departure Has Come... ”
36" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas 2012
water color pencil on paper,
12 x 18” 2009
collection of the artist
“Peter Loved To Play Peek-a-Boo”
Oil Stick on paper,
24”x36”
Watercolor Pencil and Crayon on paper
2009
artwork of 2016
Gazelle Trophy...
Bicycle parts, wood, canvas
10 1/2" x 25 1/2" x 53'4"
2016
“Upon This Alter We Laid A Ram...”
Upon The Alter We Layed A Ram... (detail)
bicycle parts, wood and canvas
18" x 18" x 5 1/2"
2016
Oil Stick On Shaped canvas
2016
“Still A Life With Vase Sponge...”
Oil Stick on canvas with exploded frame
2016
Acrylic on shaped Canvas with electric light and found object
“Steel Life With Flower And Vase...”
Steel Sculpture
2016
“Steel Life With Flower And Vase...”
detail photo
Steel Sculpture
2016
Steel Chain, Steel, Found Objects, Cement Cornice
2016
detail photo of bird
Steel Chain, Steel, Found Objects, Cement Cornice
2016
Steel Chain, Steel, Found Objects, Cement Cornice
2016
9'10" x 36" x 48"
Steel, Fiberglass, Cement and found object Sculpture
2016-17
I Am... is a sculpture is seeks to define the question "what does self-realization mean? The figure is part human, part electronics, part machine, the question is "is the figure a machine that has become sentient?" or "Is it a man who has just realized he has lost his humanity?"
9'10" x 36" x 48"
Steel, Fiberglass, Cement and found object Sculpture
2016-17
I Am... is a sculpture is seeks to define the question "what does self-realization mean? The figure is part human, part electronics, part machine, the question is "is the figure a machine that has become sentient?" or "Is it a man who has just realized he has lost his humanity?"
9'10" x 36" x 48"
Steel, Fiberglass, Cement and found object Sculpture
2016-17
I Am... is a sculpture is seeks to define the question "what does self-realization mean? The figure is part human, part electronics, part machine, the question is "is the figure a machine that has become sentient?" or "Is it a man who has just realized he has lost his humanity?"
9'10" x 36" x 48"
Steel, Fiberglass, Cement and found object Sculpture
2016-17
I Am... is a sculpture is seeks to define the question "what does self-realization mean? The figure is part human, part electronics, part machine, the question is "is the figure a machine that has become sentient?" or "Is it a man who has just realized he has lost his humanity?"
9'10" x 36" x 48"
Steel, Fiberglass, Cement and found object Sculpture
2016-17
I Am... is a sculpture is seeks to define the question "what does self-realization mean? The figure is part human, part electronics, part machine, the question is "is the figure a machine that has become sentient?" or "Is it a man who has just realized he has lost his humanity?"
A metal Rose grows thru wood and ceramic rubble as water flows up and over the edge. LED lights shine up illuminating the rose and the life.
“From Water Life... (no exterior lighting)”
A metal Rose grows thru wood and ceramic rubble as water flows up and over the edge. LED lights shine up illuminating the rose and the life.
wood, ceramic, chain, metal and LED electrics
1993-2008-2017
A sole figure kneels and is praying hanging isolated in this self lighted sculpture which I have worked on for 24 years now.
“The Hangman Prays... (detail)”
wood, ceramic, chain, metal and LED electrics
1993-2008-2017
A sole figure kneels and is praying hanging isolated in this self lighted sculpture which I have worked on for 24 years now.
“The Hangman Prays... (detail)”
wood, ceramic, chain, metal and LED electrics
1993-2008-2017
A sole figure kneels and is praying hanging isolated in this self lighted sculpture which I have worked on for 24 years now.
wood, ceramic, chain, metal and LED electrics
1993-2008-2017
A sole figure kneels and is praying hanging isolated in this self lighted sculpture which I have worked on for 24 years now.
“The Hangman Prays... (detail)”
wood, ceramic, chain, metal and LED electrics
1993-2008-2017
A sole figure kneels and is praying hanging isolated in this self lighted sculpture which I have worked on for 24 years now.
“The Hangman Prays... (detail)”
wood, ceramic, chain, metal and LED electrics
1993-2008-2017
A sole figure kneels and is praying hanging isolated in this self lighted sculpture which I have worked on for 24 years now.
“She Taught Me About The Insanity Of The Angels...”
This work is an all white painting on a black ground, that is I painted it using several different whites from several different water based paints from acrylic titanium white to antique white house paint to off white wall paint. All these paints where then each, individually, mixed with joint compound and Goldens heavy body clear medium for consistency. In a perfect world, white is a combination of all color, but we don't live in a perfect world so each white is tinted slightly towards one color or another. Normally you would not see the color until you put it next to another "white", for example a warmer white with a red/orange tint next to a cooler "white" with a blueish tint. Next to each other, that tiny amount of color then vibrates off each other as it would in a full color. The black is from the priming of the canvas as well as the charcoal sub drawing.
“Legacy for Tomorrow’s Child... ”
Legacy for Tomorrow’s Child...
Assemblage with wood, cement, foam, empty water bottles and epoxy
2017
In " Legacy for Tomorrow’s Child... " I ask questions about our relationship with bottled water and what that relationship may lead to if we do not look forward to the future.
“Legacy for Tomorrow’s Child... (detail)”
Legacy for Tomorrow’s Child...
Assemblage with wood, cement, foam, empty water bottles and epoxy
2017
In " Legacy for Tomorrow’s Child... " I ask questions about our relationship with bottled water and what that relationship may lead to if we do not look forward to the future.
“Legacy for Tomorrow’s Child... ”
Legacy for Tomorrow’s Child...
Assemblage with wood, cement, foam, empty water bottles and epoxy
2017
In " Legacy for Tomorrow’s Child... " I ask questions about our relationship with bottled water and what that relationship may lead to if we do not look forward to the future.
“The Guardian Of The Pine Tree Forest...”
Found wood branch, Bicycle seat and parts and wood .
18"x38"x10"
2017
Work created in 2018
Found object wall sculpture. Paint ball mask, beads, leather and drain grate.
16"x19'x5"
2018
“Rememberences Of The Confessionals Of My Mother”
Broken ceramic face, broken stain glass pieces, reclaimed wood, electrical light fixture, Plexiglas and epoxy.
13"x18"x7'
2018
“The Siren Awaits...”
“We Are Water #1...”
“We Are Water #2”
“Old Man And The Sea...”
“Old Man And A Dying Sea...”
“Water Fowl...”
“Old Man And A Dead Sea...”
“At Dusk She Rose...”
“Eve Awakens...”
“Gazelle Trophy”
“Yet Still They Hunt Us...”
“Eclipsis Lunaris...”
“Bondage Then Freedom...”
“Bondage Then Freedom...”
“Bondage Then Freedom...”
“I Am...”
“I Am... (detail)”
“I Am... (detail)”
“I Am... (Back detail)”
“I Am... (Back detail)”
“From Water Life...”
“The Hangman Prays...”
“The Hangman Prays...”
“The Bee Keepers Mask...”
