User:Anthony Moman/sandbox

<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE Anthony Moman (born 1966 in London) is an English contemporary artist. After studying art and design at college, he worked in advertising, real estate and the financial markets. Disciplined in both painting and sculpture, his style can vary but he almost always incorporates subtle but ironic, barbed social observations of contemporary society. He conveys multi-faceted messages through the use of unconventional and unloved industrial materials and transforms them into alluring objects of desire. His work with environmental materials such as barbed wire as a powerful symbol of containment and syringes as a utilitarian tool that is used in one way or another by a large part of the human race brought him recently to the attention of the GAA Foundation. He was invited to appear in Personal Structures - Open Borders during the 57th Venice Art Biennale alongside fellow group artists such as Marina Abramovic, Jeff Koons, Joseph Kosuth, Francois Morellet, Julian Opie and Gunter Uecker The series of syringe sculptures is called Synergy. “Synergy is the creation of a whole that is greater than the simple sum of it’s part and comes from the Greek word synergos, meaning cooperating or working together”. This concept is reflected in the sculptures, where individual syringes metamorphosize into another form with minimal structural interference. Artists Statement : Syringes are very symbolic, invoking a host of different emotional reactions; some positive and some negative. They can alleviate pain, cure or protect against illness and change the way we look and feel about ourselves. Our very existence can depend on one syringe and hey deserve our respect and their place in the history of humanity. Anthony’s work is held in the permanent collection of international museums as well as private and corporate collections.

Selected group and solo exhibitions De Freo Gallery, Florence, June – December 2017 Personal Structures during the 57th Venice Biennale for the European Cultural Centre, Palazzo Mora May – November 2017 (cat.) The Art of Sharp, Versailles, Paris February 2017 Gestalt Gallery, Pietrasanta – September 2016 Outsiders group exhibition Gestalt Gallery, Pietrasanta, Italy – July 2016 Road tour with Tattoo Tequila as official artist in various states in the USA Sturgis Motorcycle Rally – August 2016 Harley Davidson Red Rock, Las Vegas – September 2016 Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens 2015 – 35 x 35 cm Art Project (cat.) Lu.C.C.A Museum – Life, Game, Balance – 2014 Spotted solo exhibition, Pinacoteca Civica Follonica, – 2014 (cat.) MAGMA Museum solo exhibition – 2014 (cat.) I Want It All curated solo show Palazzo Pfanner, Lucca – 2013 (cat.) Art Revolution Taiwan – May 2013 (cat.) Bau Box of Contemporary Culture collective – 2013 Gallerta d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Museum, Viareggio 2013 Civic Gallery Museum of Modena, 2013 Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice 2013 Il Sogno della Passione collective Museo Bego, City of Castelfiorentino, Florence, Italy – 2012 (cat.) Oh My God, Lucca Museum – 2011 (cat.)

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