TITLE: If they could they would...

How did ancient Roman art influence me? The Romans sculpted statues of gods, heroes, and real people in their culture (their celebrities).
The legacy of Ancient Rome is still felt today in western culture in areas such as government, law, language, architecture, engineering, and religion as well as in all the arts.
Homosexuality has always existed, but for centuries artists have hidden the truth in their work, in essence, hiding it from the public eye. In this work, I am taking a different look, reclaiming this misunderstood history, using beautiful sculptures and recreating them by removing them from the context of the past. By charging them with my gay point of view and showing this today, I shed a light on what we did not learn from schools in my re-creation of the heroes, gods, people, and the forgotten gay and lesbian histories. 
In the political, religious or cultural restrictions of each society, LBGTQI+. art was/is too often invisible. I have reconstructed, rebuilt these narratives in a subjective & highly personal way.

AUTHOR: Zoltan Gerliczki (United States)

Zoltan Gerliczki was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1971.

Diploma FOT Arts Academy 1989

Freelance graphic designer & postproduction artist
Work includes photography, computer graphics,
Postproduction for still photography

publications include
Elle Décor, House Beautiful, Zoo Magazine,
Io Donna, Citizen K, Departures (US), Cosmopolitan (Paris),
Het Parool, Paris Review, Intelligent Life, Zizo (Belgium),
Travel & Leisure, Knack (Belgium), The Guardian UK, L’Official,
Financial Times UK, A shaded view on fashion (blog)

commercial clients include
Thierry Mugler, Christian Lacroix, Christiano Fissore,
Penhaligons London, Illy Caffe, TBWA Moscow, Ararat Cognac,
L'Artisan Parfumeur Paris, Colony Arts Club Press,
Alain Tondowski Paris

organizations include
Sensoa (Flanders), Het RozeHuis, Antwerp Pride,
Antwerp Tourism, Designers Against AIDS, MoMu (Antwerp)


Exhibitions include
Borrowed Light, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, 2018;
Figure/Ground, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA 2018;
Breaking Myth, Palermo, Italy 2018;
Violet & Wild Gallery, Amsterdam 2017;
Revelateur, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta 2017;
Open studio, SCAD Atlanta 2016,2017,2018;
Galerie Emilie Dujat, Brussels 2012 ongoing;
Indian Caps, Antwerp 2010;
Nogoodwindow, Paris 2007;
Daily 123, NYC 2005;
Stephen Downes Gallery, NYC 2003


represented by Holden Luntz Gallery, Palm Beach
Violet & Wilde, Amsterdam & Berlin
syndication: The Licensing Project, NYC


Zoltan Gerliczki currently lives and works
in Atlanta