Donald Gialanella - Metal Sculpture

These paintings are based on TSA airport security Advanced Information Technology (AIT) body scans. These “full-body” scans are at the center of a heated debate over passenger safety and personal privacy.  The AIT scans are being called intrusive and a virtual strip search.

Two equal size canvases (approx. 36”w x 80 h) are based on AIT scans of a male and a female figure.  The paintings will combine several techniques including large format silkscreen printing, oil paint and thin film deposition.  Thin film deposition is an advanced technique for depositing a thin film of metallic vapor onto specific areas of the canvas that will give it an iridescent spectral surface that shifts light according to the position of the viewer.

The paintings will encourage dialogue of the AIT body scans currently being proposed for all US airports.  They will also function as art that reflects the culture and times in which we live.  The male and female figures can be seen as an allegory of Adam and Eve, provoking the analogy between modesty and shame, security and invasion of privacy.