Ornella Gallo Di Fortuna's solo show “Solid Reflections” at The Hanover Gallery is part of "Concrete Matters" a series of explorations of the ¨material¨ as expressions.
These artworks are based on the research of intertwining concrete, laser-cut gold mirror, metallic mesh, and liquid metals.
With the intention to manipulate the meaning of what these materials are intended to use for and transform them to her own will.
Ornella Gallo Di Fortuna considers painting and drawing to be an essential part of the creative process, there is always a tension between figuration and abstraction in the work and focus on investigating space, volume, and texture.
Exploring different paint mediums, materials, and ways of transforming any element (pigments, mosaics, metals, fabrics, yarns, organic fibers) changing those elements in artworks to make them look like other materials, and constructing new processes for the application of paints.
Creating collaboration between her own desires and those of the materials.
These experiments in concrete, mirror, and metal are the starting point and inspiration for the new body of works that she is currently working on. A large-scale series of sculptures and artworks that will include architectural manufacturing techniques to execute the pieces.
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