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MICHAEL GEORGETTI

b. 1984 Melbourne/Naarm, Australia . Lives and works Melbourne/Naarm, Australia


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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 Quasi Bodies Ghost Display, 2018La Trobe Art Institute, Bendigo Camaguey, 2023Acrylic paint on canvas, custom-made double-frame with Bellini aged Teak and gold inner. 167cm x 121cm Moroccan Martini, 2021Acrylic on canvas with custom timber frame, 170cm x 124cm Kenzo, 2021Acrylic on canvas with custom-made brass frame 159cm x 113cm Aave (LittleGhost), 2023Acrylic on canvas with custom made satin finish brass frame, 190cm x 158cm Desiring Machines (Dolce & Gabbana), 2018Brass frame. vinyl stickers, Perspex, canvas, wood, screws, plaster, spray paint, charcoal. 195cm x 112cm x 112 cm. 2018 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 Amentalio, 2023Acrylic and collage on canvas with adhesive and custom-made polished brass frame. 195.5cm x 154cm Terrazzo. 2023Acrylic on un-primed canvas with pine wood box frame. 213cm x 153cm Cappella, 2023Acrylic on canvas with custom made brass frame, 197cm x 86cm Intermezzo, 2018Acrylic, cement and plaster with adhesive on canvas with custom-made brass frame. 153cm x 107 cm Macadamia Tan, 2023Acrylic and collage on un-primed canvas, custom-made double-frame with Champagne wood and Mahogany inner. 167cm x 121cm Morro, 2023Acrylic on unprimed canvas with custom made brass frame, 195cm x 155cm