Gabriella Orion

To connect means to unite two or more things and thus to create a bond of close relationship and interdependence between two or more subjects. Without connection it would not be possible to evolve, especially in today's world, where everything functions thanks to constant contact and exchange of ideas and emotions. It is precisely from this concept that the artistic research by Gabriella Orion, a contemporary visual artist and filmmaker based in Milan, takes shape. Her main objective is to build a connection between earth and sky, between low and high, merging together what appears to be too different to communicate. What transpires from her work, which is mainly photographic, is precisely the need to exist, tracing a deep furrow in the ground, in order to make visible what escapes in the frenzy of everyday life. In the work "Revelation", Gabriella Orion introduces us to a moment of profound intimacy, showing it under a new guise. In fact, the artist transforms what may seem to be the banal custom of washing dishes, into a magical moment imbued with beauty, where matter evaporates, leaving us at the mercy of a slumbering emotion. The photographic post-production work carried out delivers a new reality to our gaze, one that goes beyond the visible, enriched with new meanings that now exist here, on earth, right in front of us. The blue-azure tones instead transport the mortality of our flesh towards the sky, enveloping us with that impalpable and pleasant ancestral feeling of inner peace. Within her work Gabriella Orion searches for this union, where the fleetingness of life on earth is impregnated with that immortal ancient essence, connecting these two worlds seemingly so distant, but in reality profoundly intertwined.

Art Curator Francesca Brunello