Angelo Filomeno
Storm, 2021
Signed on reverse of each panel
Embroidery on silk shantung stretched over cotton
Suite of 15; each: 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
(GL15025)
Angelo Filomeno
Island, 2021
Signed, titled, and dated on reverse
Embroidery on silk shantung stretched over cotton
10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
(GL15035)
Angelo Filomeno
Island, 2021
Signed, titled, and dated on reverse
Embroidery on silk shantung over cotton
10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
(GL15037)
Angelo Filomeno
Garden at Sunset, 2019
Signed, titled, and dated on reverse
Embroidery on cotton
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
(GL15032)
Angelo Filomeno
Portrait with Fur, 2016
Signed, titled, and dated on reverse
Embroidery and crystal on denim
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
(GL10410)
Angelo Filomeno
Amulet (Shaman Necklace), 2014
Embroidery and crystals on silk shantung stretched over linen
78 x 39 inches (198.1 x 99.1 cm)
(GL9836)
Angelo Filomeno
Amulet (Green Akrep), 2013
Embroidery and crystals on silk shantung stretched over linen
78 x 39 inches (198.1 x 99.1 cm)
(GL9724)
Angelo Filomeno
My Love Sings When the Flower is Near (The Philosopher and the Woman), 2007
Embroidery on silk shantung stretched over linen with crystals
155 x 90 1/4 inches (393.7 x 229.2 cm)
(GL6989)
Angelo Filomeno
Frozen, 2002
Embroidery on silk shantung
68 x 68 inches (172.8 x 172.8 cm)
(GL7204)
Angelo Filomeno
Smell of Spleen, 2008
Embroidery on silk stretched over linen, with crystals, hematite and stainless steel
121 x 53 inches (307.3 x 134.6 cm)
(GL7388)
Angelo Filomeno
Last Ocean, 2008
Embroidery on silk stretched over linen
Diptych, each: 22.25 x 13.75 inches (56.5 x 35 cm)
(GL7682)
Angelo Filomeno
By the Side of the Last Ocean Ready for Sunset, 2008-09
Hand blown glass, leather, crystals, wooden table and mirror
Table: 32 1/4 x 115 x 44 7/8 inches (82 x 292 x 114 cm)
(GL7728)
Angelo Filomeno combines classical painting with the traditional craft of embroidery to create tableaux that incorporate luxurious materials such as shantung silk, crystals, and onyx within intricate designs. In contrast to the immediate allure of the surface, Filomeno’s embroidered paintings are filled with an array of macabre characters: skeletons, beasts, insects, limbs, and body parts. In recent years, the artist’s technical and aesthetic skill in merging painting, embroidery, and craft has introduced an expanded use of color and materials including muslin and denim as well as a variety of characters that have never before been incorporated into each of the hand-made canvases.
Filomeno has had solo museum exhibitions at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia;
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Tennessee; Italian Cultural Institute of New York; Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali, Italy; and Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto, Canada. His work has been included in major international biennials including the 52nd Venice Biennale, Italy (2007), and ARS 06, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finland (2006). Filomeno's work can be found in several public collections including the Centre Georges Pompidou, France; 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan; 21C Museum, Kentucky; and Museum of Art & Design, New York.
Filomeno was born in Ostuni, Italy, in 1963. He has lived and worked in New York City since 1992.
Museum of Glass
Tacoma, Washington State
September 26, 2021 - Fall 2022