Oriano Galloni
Cammina con me (Walk with me), 2024
Initialed OG 24 front lower left
Found materials including running shoe, marble, wood, canvas, cotton thread, acrylic and smart phone components
41 x 41 x 11 1/2 in
104.1 x 104.1 x 29.2 cm
104.1 x 104.1 x 29.2 cm
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...
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.
"Cammina con me (Walk with me)" nods to an arc of eternity where worn, discarded objects represent unconditional love. The old shoe incorporated into this work gave its life to the artist to protect, support, and run through good and bad, asking nothing in return. When will we discover that love surrounds us every moment in everything?
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.
"Cammina con me (Walk with me)" nods to an arc of eternity where worn, discarded objects represent unconditional love. The old shoe incorporated into this work gave its life to the artist to protect, support, and run through good and bad, asking nothing in return. When will we discover that love surrounds us every moment in everything?
