MICHAEL GEORGETTI
b. 1984 Melbourne/Naarm, Australia . Lives and works Melbourne/Naarm, Australia
Michael Georgetti's practice encompasses painting, sculpture, and installation. His approach is characterised by three-dimensional conceptual paintings with an anthropological quality, offering a critique of the politics of display.
He eschews traditional hanging methods, incorporating gleaming silver and brass frames that playfully interact the paintings they contain - often acting as conduits for consumer branding and logos. Georgetti views these framing elements as cultural signs loaded with intrinsic meaning and value - akin to images rather than mere text.
In the midst of the sleek allure of Georgetti's work lies a deliberate disruption of expectations. Assimilating modernist tropes that Georgetti uses to trigger cultural nostalgia, his seemingly haphazardly cut and affixed collaged elements reveal a rawness that challenges the notion of the art object's aura, as discussed by critical theorist, Walter Benjamin.
dd<a href="mailto:danielle@therenshaws.com.au">Available Works</a
Cello
![Marble Cello Basque Mirage, 2022Acrylic on multi-panel canvas with custom brass frame, 189cm x 220cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1e81bf8e0b03fc550b2fe4608acb6aff53e30555a75dd9e36e9bfabb6dca5b7/Georgetti_MARBLE-CELLO_FullFrame-e.jpg)
![Quasi Bodies Ghost Display, 2018La Trobe Art Institute, Bendigo](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04bf13361b348254d2c107b98734e8157450047b3a5e38f773153ba7e40ba984/7-QUASI-BODIES-GHOST-DISPLAY-e.jpg)
![Camaguey, 2023Acrylic paint on canvas, custom-made double-frame with Bellini aged Teak and gold inner. 167cm x 121cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/499c6788e247f88de03fd573be955f823134a980d9947a4fc22f456277594887/Camaguey-2023-167X121-e.jpg)
![Moroccan Martini, 2021Acrylic on canvas with custom timber frame, 170cm x 124cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c7271c16b71798c4a6047a028a15899e0691f401693dec21c28d795a6d07968/Georgetti_Morrocan-Martini_FullFrame-e.jpg)
![Kenzo, 2021Acrylic on canvas with custom-made brass frame 159cm x 113cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6013e5275f0fb5f3fd77f65abf39ed22d30356131f95336bd9d34426fa6e01e2/Georgetti_KENZO_FullFrame-e.jpg)
![Aave (LittleGhost), 2023Acrylic on canvas with custom made satin finish brass frame, 190cm x 158cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0456788f322564734866fa25653005964f48548984510ea8a80ef78e2e74dcf7/Aave-Little-Ghost2023-189X157-e.jpg)
![Desiring Machines (Dolce & Gabbana), 2018Brass frame. vinyl stickers, Perspex, canvas, wood, screws, plaster, spray paint, charcoal. 195cm x 112cm x 112 cm. 2018](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c7ee39373d9a372195d9e721e5c61f4a7d1e869389b6a2e87ff94f49da8c4fe/Desiring-Machines-Dolce-and-Gabanna.jpg)
![BRUNA, 2023Acrylic, foam board with plaster netting, plaster and golden archival adhesive on oak wood platform with vinyl and custom-made polished brass frame. 180cm x 52cm x 29cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72dae43868a37e05aa4f3318baf2a79bd389e31ddcb4c474e9d9aa4354939218/Jacquemus-2023-E.jpg)
![Amentalio, 2023Acrylic and collage on canvas with adhesive and custom-made polished brass frame. 195.5cm x 154cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb7bbd326f86674729849171fbd0efe956b1df4c6a30c95928c3be456fe639f8/Amentalio-2023-195X154-e.jpg)
![Terrazzo. 2023Acrylic on un-primed canvas with pine wood box frame. 213cm x 153cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d50d2cbb845af36b74ff9cae5a4262eda01a2c0513485e9e7edbfc60777981a/Terrazzo-2021---X---e.jpg)
![Cappella, 2023Acrylic on canvas with custom made brass frame, 197cm x 86cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68cc03db84ee44f28608cae69a2cda3259cfb1f5a87b43e1111ef7366235d76d/Cappella-e.jpg)
![Intermezzo, 2018Acrylic, cement and plaster with adhesive on canvas with custom-made brass frame. 153cm x 107 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10ca127094b6c2aba7375ede22ea0e8995635b27e535547630c2cf309dfa026a/Intermezzo-e.jpg)
![Macadamia Tan, 2023Acrylic and collage on un-primed canvas, custom-made double-frame with Champagne wood and Mahogany inner. 167cm x 121cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a91ea0f8622b0588c9bfc43d3300edaa2a3206a197b4f54269eb6f1269c3c08/MacadamiaTan-2023-167X121-e.jpg)
![Morro, 2023Acrylic on unprimed canvas with custom made brass frame, 195cm x 155cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d80564c316e423d0bad008f49d02b71cc21aee6b49557bfa9b0a2530183ad971/Morro-E.jpg)