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.
Michael Georgetti is represented nationally in Australia by The Renshaws.
Michael Georgetti is represented nationally in Australia by The Renshaws.
Michael Georgetti is represented nationally in Australia by The Renshaws.
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