MADS MIL@NO PHOTO AWARD CATA DEF

Carly Tyll
The Canadian artist Carly Tyll creates works in media mix, her mastery in blending photography and painting
produces unique works. In the “ Milano Photoaward” exhibition are exposed two series of different genres: the
first, entitled “Arcadia”, is composed of three panels in which Tyll adds painting to photography; the second,
entitled “Phantom”, is composed of four computer-edited photographs and subsequently concluded by the use
of the marker directly on the printed photograph. The first series “Arcadia” sees as the protagonist a woman
who releases an intense sexual energy, even more accentuated by the addition of sketches of painting. The
juxtaposition between the emotions released by the woman and the energy transmitted by the gestures of the
splashes, creates in the viewer an “exploding” sensation. Even more, the choice to use warm colors, such as red
and orange, combined with white and a cold blue, creates a strong visual contrast that gives the work a strong
emotional charge. Totally different is the message given by the series “Phantom”: in each panel are represented
different people of which you can only glimpse the true appearance. The figures are in fact superimposed by
human skeletons, as if they were X-ray scanned. The addition of the inscriptions: “I am he”, “as you are he”,
“as you are me” and “and we are all together”, accentuate the message that the artist wants to give. A message
of union. We’re all the same, we’re all made of bones, whether you’re a man or a woman or whatever ethnicity
you belong to. We’re human, we’re part of the same world. It’s a strong message that reaches the viewer
and confronts us with a problem that humanity still faces: the acceptance of the other people and the need to
recognize them equal to you.
Art Curator Giorgia Massari