Merlin Frame Maker & Art Gallery Pte Ltd

MICHELE RIGHETTI will be back at Merlin Frame Maker & Art Gallery for another solo exhibition. His previous solo exhibition - ‘Paesaggi Remoti’ (Remote Passages) a collection of modern contemporary abstract landscapes at our gallery in May 2005 was a success. This coming month of June, we will be showcasing a brand new series of his artworks. The preview of his creations will be available soon.

Michele's exhibition in June is titled 'Sottili Percezioni' (Intimations of Perceptions).

The early Celtic people had a name for the places in nature where they felt close to eternity. They called them ‘the thin places’ because the wall separating them from creation and hence eternity, was thinner. The Italian word for ‘thin’ is ‘sottile’ (so-till-li), hence the title 'Sottili Percezioni', or, in the closest appropriate English translation – Intimations of Perceptions.

“Through my art,” says Michele, “I am able to partake in a masterpiece. I have epiphanies of the soul, ‘intimations of perceptions’, as it were, through which I receive glimpses of Eternity. And I am struck with the realisation of what an awesome, wild, and majestic world surrounds us”.

‘Converging Feelings’ 2006 by Michele Righetti (Italy) Acrylic on Canvas 35.5cm x 35.5cm each

Michele was born 1974, Castiglione dei Pepoli, Bologna, Italy. He graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts (High Distinction) from the International Art Studio of Maestro Stano Dusik, Florence, Italy. He was also the top student of the G. Marangoni Institute of Applied Art in Textile Design, Como, Italy, and the A. Rubbiani Institute of Fashion and Textile Design, Bologna.

He was extremely honoured to represent Canada in painting a 4 x 10m ‘Guardian Angel’ in the style of Russian Icons, in honour of the late Pope John Paul II for his 80th birthday. The artwork was painted in Toronto, Canada and an initiative of the Sacro Art Gallery of Krakovia, Poland. His work is one of the 80 works presented to the late Pope John Paul II that went on a travelling exhibition and now forms part of a permanent collection in Vatican City.

In 1998, his etchings were also selected from the First World Small Printings & Exlibris Works Exhibition, to be part of a permanent collection in Beijing, China.

Michele also had many solo exhibitions in Singapore, Australia, Canada and China, and also participated in numerous international group exhibitions. His works can be found in many private and public collections in Australia, Europe, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Japan.

EXHIBITION DATES
8 June- 31 July 2006
11am - 9pm Daily

Please email gallery@merlin.com.sg for more information.