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Photo installation, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, California, 2021.
Framed digital C-prints, dimensions variable
Allegory of Inclination is a title borrowed from the 17th century Baroque painter, Artemisia Gentileschi. Artemisia was commissioned by the Casa Buonarotti in Florence to create a work that celebrated Michelangelo’s inborn artistic ability—his “inclination” towards artistic expression.
In my version, I’ve gathered together the various inspirations for my work over the past few years, the flowers of my aesthetic predispositions. Focusing on the older male body and its aesthetic and sensual representation, my desires and narratives are given visual form through photography, a medium that is as true and objective as it is malleable and obfuscating.
Allegory of Inclination
Installation view, l-r: Drapery Study, 2021; and Cecile Brunner, May, 2021
Digital C-prints, 30” x 42” each
Installation view, l-r: Curtains (Caravaggio); In Jeff’s Beard; and Montana.
Digital C-prints
Allegory of Inclination
Curtains (Caravaggio), 2021
Digital C-print, 30” x 36”
Allegory of Inclination
In Jeff’s Beard, 2021
Digital C-print, 30” x 42”
Allegory of Inclination
Montana, 2021
Digital C-print, 30” x 46”
Installation view, l-r: Hand to Chest; Drapery Study; and Cecile Brunner, May.
Digital C-prints
Allegory of Inclination
Hand to Chest, 2021
Digital C-print, 30” x 35.5”
Allegory of Inclination
Drapery Study, 2021
Digital C-print, 30” x 42”
Allegory of Inclination
Cecile Brunner, May, 2021
Digital C-print, 30” x 42”