P a o l o P o r e l l i
ARTIST STATEMENT
Contemporary images that provide access to an archetypal dimension of reality, and focus on the evocative capacity of sculpture. Ceramic figures serve as ironic commentaries on the excesses and obsessions of global society and the enormous influence that material has on the individual. The statues express the condensation of a visual language contaminated by surrealist solutions, pop proliferations, and archaic symbolism. What Porelli finds seductive about ceramics is that, while expressing modern concepts, he can maintain contact with the technique's archaic roots, amalgamating historical memory and present amnesia.
Paolo Porelli & Maurizio Tittarelli Rubboli Red earthenware, in-glaze luster 45,5cm H max
Paolo Porelli stoneware, ungerglaze, glaze, overglaze 40cm max H
Paolo Porelli Installation of more than 200 figures. Slip-cast stoneware, glaze 28cm H max
Paolo Porelli stoneware, ungerglaze, glaze, overglaze 40cm max H
Paolo Porelli stoneware, ungerglaze, glaze, overglaze 40cm max H
Paolo Porelli stoneware, mixed media 165cm H
Paolo Porelli Slip-cast porcelain 38x14x18cm
Paolo Porelli 2017 Slip-cast porcelain 38x15cm
Paolo Porelli Slip-cast earthenware, glaze 25cm H
Paolo Porelli 2018 Slip-cast earthenware, glaze, overglaze 25cm H
Paolo Porelli 2018 Slip-cast earthenware, glaze, in-glaze luster 25cm H
Paolo Porelli 2016 White earthenware, glaze, overglaze 36 x 13 x 12cm
Paolo Porelli Slip-cast terracotta, mixed media 60cm H
Paolo Porelli Slip-cast earthenware, glaze, overglaze 25cm H
Paolo Porelli 2016 Black stoneware with mixed media 61 x 37 x 12cm
Paolo Porelli 2016 White earthenware with underglaze, overglaze 35 x 10 x 13cm
Paolo Porelli 2016 Brown and white stoneware 35,5, x 12 x 11cm
Paolo Porelli 2016 Black stoneware with mixed media 71,5 x 30 x 17cm
Paolo Porelli 2016 White earthenware with underglaze, overglaze 31 x 13 x 13,5cm
Paolo Porelli, 2015 slipped terracotta, mixed media 50 x 24 x 20cm
Paolo Porelli slipped terracotta, mixed media 160 x 88,5 x 64cm
Paolo Porelli, 2014 glazed stoneware 30 x 11,5 x 13cm
Paolo Porelli, 2015 slipped stoneware, mixed media 75 x 46 x 18cm ASU Art Museum Ceramic Research Collection
Paolo Porelli, 2015 slipped terracotta with gouache, mixed media 97 x 38 x 37cm
Paolo Porelli, 2015 glazed stoneware 34,25 x 24 x 11,5cm
Paolo Porelli, 2015 slipped terracotta with gouache, mixed media 89 x 80 x 39cm
Paolo Porelli, 2011 slipped stoneware 66 x 30,5 x 25,5cm
Paolo Porelli, 2015 slipped terracotta 35 x 13 x 13,5cm
Paolo Porelli, 2015 slipped terracotta, mixed media 89,5 x 32 x 35cm
Paolo Porelli, 2015 slipped terracotta 35 x 12 x 12cm
Paolo Porelli, 2015 slipped terracotta 35 x 14,5 x 13cm
Paolo Porelli 2016, porcelain, 100 x 150cm. My entry in the I Porzellanbiennale in Meißen, July 2016.
Paolo Porelli 2014 slipped terracotta 160 x 68,5 x 84 cm
Paolo Porelli 2016 Black stoneware with mixed media 71,5 x 30 x 17cm
Paolo Porelli 2016 Stoneware with mixed media 61 x 20 x 20cm
Paolo Porelli 2014 slipped stoneware 29,5 x 18 x 7"
Paolo Porelli 2016 Black stoneware with mixed media 61 x 37 x 12cm
Paolo Porelli 2016 Black stoneware with mixed media 60 x 25,5 x 33cm
Paolo Porelli 2016 Stoneware with mixed media 62 x 25 x 28cm
Paolo Porelli 2016 Stoneware with mixed media 64 x 23 x 21cm
Paolo Porelli 2014 slipped terracotta 89 x 80 x 39cm
Paolo Porelli 2016 Yellow stoneware 64 x 27 x 19,5cm
Paolo Porelli, 2015 slipped terracotta and mixed media 50 x 24 x 20cm