OUR ROLE

• CURATION OF AN EXHIBITION PRESENTING AN ECO-SUSTAINABLE ARTIST

• PROMOTION OF AN ARTISTIC APPROACH THAT SUPPORT SDG3 (GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING), SDG6 (CLEAN WATER AND SANICATION) AND SDG12 (RESPONSABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION)

• ORGANISATION OF A WORKSHOP ON ECO-SUSTAINABLE PAINTING

ABOUT THE PROJECT

PAINTING WITH NATURE - MICHELLE GAGLIANO

“Rhapsody in Gold” is an exhibition that celebrates the role of improvisation within Michelle Gagliano’s practice. As a jazz performer, Gagliano deliberately invites on her canvas elements that she can’t really control. Fascinated by nature and it’s ever-changing shape the artist will often paint outdoors and invites natural events to interfere with her work. If a rain starts to fall, she will allow it to blend with the layer of paint she has just applied. If the wind starts to blow, she will let it modify the stream of her composition.

Moved by a profound respect to nature and a quest for coherence, the artist centers her whole artistic direction around an eco-friendly approach. This intentionality fueled her elimination of all toxic materials from her practice, while introducing ground pigments, oils and solvents based in nuts and lavender, and handmade gessoes instead. Through such ecological approach, she wishes to inspire a new generation of artists to create without polluting the environment that surrounds them.

Following the exhibition, a painting workshop has been organised at Cascina Nascosta, a hybrid space in the heart of Sempione Parco Milan, dedicated to environmental and social sustainability. On that occasion, the artist shared her receipe for paint based on old Renaissance techniques from natural and environmental-friendly material such as egg, walnut and lavender oil. 

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