Sculptures by Emanuele Giannelli
Emanuele Giannelli, born in 1962, is a figurative sculptor – Roman by origin and Tuscan by adoption. His sculptural research emerged after studies at the Academy in Rome and was influenced by the visionary works of cartoonists Billal and Moebius, , by films like ‘Blade Runner’ and by musical groups such as ‘Ministry”. Since the late ’80s Giannelli started to investigate the Western Human – which he calls the “two-footed animal” – and believes that the humans who belong to that tribe can have huge technological potential but which is mixed with a lot of tension and self-destruction. His first solo exhibition, curated by Gianluca Martians and Anna Lo Presti, was entitled “To Lie or Not to Lie” and was presented at the Palazzo Taverna in Rome.
The retrospective – which features about 25 works created over three years – was conceived and designed as a travel narrative and a sensory, emotional descent through the installations which feature visionary sculpted bodies in resin . Giannelli sees his sculpture as a multifaceted map of the human body that raises questions on issues of ethical consciousness, genetic mutation, the proliferation of identity, and cloning.