Angelo Filomeno
Untitled, 2014
stainless steel and quartz crystal
7 x 12 x 14 in
17.8 x 30.5 x 35.6 cm
17.8 x 30.5 x 35.6 cm
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Angelo Filomeno (b. 1963, Ostuni, IT) has lived and worked in New York City since 1992. Angelo Filomeno attributes the prominence of death in his work to life experience—the early...
Angelo Filomeno (b. 1963, Ostuni, IT) has lived and worked in New York City since 1992.
Angelo Filomeno attributes the prominence of death in his work to life experience—the early loss of both his parents. He also draws on historical precedents (they are abundant in art) and has found his own way to the sublime by combining repulsion and beauty. With a background as a tailor and professional costumer, the Italian-born artist Angelo Filomeno creates glass-blown sculptures and paintings stitched with thread that speak to themes like mortality and isolation. He regularly employs imagery like insects, skeletons, and the elusive head of "the philosopher," emphasizing a sense of morbidity and fantasy.
"Untitled" from 2014 is a stainless steel and quartz crystal sculpture that is part of Filomeno's broader body of work. This work reflects his interest in the intersection of beauty and mortality. The stainless steel may represent the durability and strength of the human spirit, while the quartz crystal could symbolize purity and transcendence. The combination of these materials in a single sculpture could suggest a complex interplay between life and death, permanence and impermanence.
Angelo Filomeno attributes the prominence of death in his work to life experience—the early loss of both his parents. He also draws on historical precedents (they are abundant in art) and has found his own way to the sublime by combining repulsion and beauty. With a background as a tailor and professional costumer, the Italian-born artist Angelo Filomeno creates glass-blown sculptures and paintings stitched with thread that speak to themes like mortality and isolation. He regularly employs imagery like insects, skeletons, and the elusive head of "the philosopher," emphasizing a sense of morbidity and fantasy.
"Untitled" from 2014 is a stainless steel and quartz crystal sculpture that is part of Filomeno's broader body of work. This work reflects his interest in the intersection of beauty and mortality. The stainless steel may represent the durability and strength of the human spirit, while the quartz crystal could symbolize purity and transcendence. The combination of these materials in a single sculpture could suggest a complex interplay between life and death, permanence and impermanence.