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There are many types of art from paintings, drawings, sculpture and pottery that can be seen in the gallery.

Newest painting:
"Rapunzel" of the "Twisted Fairy Tale Series"


Written Reviews:

2009-2010. New Art International. Book Art Press. Annual Publication. Pages 108-112

"Skin shimmers like bones on the
languid, Eros-drenched figures in
Melissa Fiorentino’s paintings. The
shadows that ripple across her bodies
leave mysterious scars and inscrutable
glyphs. There is stasis and turbid
interiority—mannered poise and
convulsive lust. Eyes sparkle with the
wisdom of moonlight and bodies sink
enervated, nearly lifeless, into oceans of
dreams and waves of desperation.

Hence, in the execution of these
manifold dualities—which are all, in
fact, aspects of the contradictory and
complementary motions of sex and
death—the stark opposition of white
against black is Fiorentino’s dominant
method. The draperies of bed sheets
and silky garments meld onto the pale
curvatures and flowing channels of
female nudity. The patterns of light and
diffuse webbing have the energy of an
electrical storm. The black in a shock
of hair is almost fragile. And a black
background has the quality of an
ethereal abyss.

Ascending from an underworld of
ravishment and rapture, Fiorentino’s
gothic beauties hover on a threshold of
transformation. Corpse-like
complexions are marked and blotched
with gentle tones of soil and flesh.
Plasmic color fields are made visible to
these cultic acolytes—and herald, it
would seem, for these intrepid voyagers
of inner experience, a promise of
renewal."


2008. ARTROM Gallery
Winners' Exhibition "Humans in the Moment" Painting "Lustful Webs",
Rome, Italy
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Written Review:

Melissa Fiorentino / USA

Gallery Comment ::
Dramatically staged subjects in unnusual situations painted with great clarity distinguish
Fiorentino's work. This is an artist to keep an eye on as she continues to mature, refine
and progress in the development of her own unique style.
 




 


ART WALK DOWNTOWN OCALA, FL.
 Friday  Febuary 5th, 2010. 6pm-8pm
In front of RefleXions of You on Ft. King St.
Live painting and art for sale.


Melissa Fiorentino live painting at Primary Gallery
Oct. 2009

Fun Fact:

"
Instead of painting my name into my work I use my insignia and hide it in the painting. It is up to the viewer to find it."

Melissa Fiorentino
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