Oriano Galloni

Oriano Galloni’s current work fuses the classical with the ordinary and merges painting and sculpture into a new unified form he calls DiPura. Galloni coined the term "DiPura" by combining the Italian word for painting, "dipinto," and the Italian word "scultura" for sculpture. The resulting word, "DiPura"—“say pure" in Italian—resonates powerfully with the artist as purity has been a central concept in his work for decades.

DiPura is the interplay of physical dimension and existential paradox. The artist’s process of dismantling aesthetic distinctions and his discovery of silence in noise, joy in banality, rebirth in refuse, beauty in commerce and humor in mass marketing reveals the unexpected play of life.

"La Fine è solo l'inizio (the end is only the beginning)" symbolizes the light that transcends events and the flame that reigns within us. Our responsibility is to ensure the flame is never suffocated by what surrounds us. The light is the one true gift we possess. The work was inspired by all that has transpired in the world since the incorporated edition of "Art Margins" was published in 2017.