Dario Giordanelli
1. “Saint Sebastian” (2022)
A visceral composition where a golden angel and a pierced body merge in a visual struggle between transcendence and violence. Color acts as symbolic terrain—yellow for the divine, red for suffering, blue for silence.
2. “Rome +” (2024)
A dreamlike figure reclines among ruins, fusing classical Roman imagery with surreal symbolism. This work reflects on the decay and rebirth of myths through a contemporary feminine lens.
3. “The Rabbit and the Frogs” (2022)
A dark rabbit looms over a chaotic pond where red frogs twist in anxiety. The painting is a fable-like vision, where the natural world turns into an expression of unconscious disturbance.
4. “Dionysus Riding the Tiger” (2024)
On a round canvas, a human figure is caught in a dynamic clash between a tiger and a swirling vortex. A mythic scene of ecstasy, struggle, and transformation rendered with theatrical intensity.
5. “Sloth at Dawn” (2024)
Fluorescent vegetation envelops a shadowy upside-down figure. The forest becomes a psychedelic trap—an allegory of suspended time, lethargy, and quiet rebellion.
I work with experimental analog photography processes such as pinhole and chemigram. These images showcased are chemigrams, which are black and white darkroom paper that has been exposed to light and then I play with the traditional darkroom process to create these images. When the light-sensitive paper has been exposed to light, it changes colors. In creating chemigrams, materials other than photographic chemicals can be used. I use shaving cream as a main ingredient to create with. These are abstractions and I work with the process to make something that suggests otherworldliness.