Jose' Pedro Godoy
dal 26/3/2013 al 10/4/2013
Segnalato da
26/3/2013
Jose' Pedro Godoy
WhiteBox Art Center, New York
The Beloved. His most recent series represents a new breed of Pan-American Realist and Allegorical painters drawing their inspiration from a High Baroque sensibility infused with a homoerotic, hardcore sensuality.
Curated by Yael Rosenblut
White Box is proud to present the work of emerging Chilean artist, José Pedro Godoy, in his premier
New York exhibition, The Beloved. Godoy’s most recent series represents a new breed of Pan-American Realist and Allegorical painters drawing their inspiration from a High Baroque sensibility
infused with a homoerotic, hardcore sensuality. Depicted are scenes pointing to youthful profanity
expressed in a visual language that spells a sense of perversion albeit delivered with ornate detail
and passion.
Godoy’s various figurative styles reference Western painterly traditions, in particular
Peter Paul Rubens’ High Baroque seminal painting Bacchanal, which instead of women Godoy has
changed for an all-male cast. Godoy’s drawings that depict young Athenian adonis’ in scenarios ‘al
fresco’ are a straightforward rendition of homoerotic games, gestures and behavior.
As a whole The Beloved shows the artist’s mastery of chiaroscuro, which combined with subtle tonal
variations, accomplishes to best portray the young, seductive and beautiful men as exuberant demi-
gods existing in a paradise all their own. Letting their fantasies loose, they represent what is
unrestrained and free, which in our contemporary urban world, often too restricted and formulaic,
reminds the viewer of his or her unfulfilled and hidden dreams and desires.
Image: Jose Pedro Godoy. The Beloved, 2013. Oil on canvas, 19 x 19 inches.
Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 27, 6 – 8pm
White Box
329 Broome Street New York, NY 10002
Viewing Hours
Wednesday to Sunday, 11am - 7pm