Luigi Presicce “The Birth Of The Minotaur”

Luigi Presicce “The Birth Of The Minotaur”

Cuchifritos

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Often working between the sacred and the theatrical, Luigi Presicce’s practice blends performance and ritual with elements of art historical and pop cultural iconography. His practice explores a metaphysical or unreal dimension, transcending theatrical tradition while moving towards a “living” painting or sculpture. His tableaux vivants draw from the formidable legacies of art histories masters and the more obscure symbols of mysticism.

Focusing on Daedalus—the artist par excellence within Greek mythology and creator of the wooden bull which would lead to the eventual birth of the Minotaur—Presicce, with two performers, will restage the creator’s manifestation of Pasiphaë’s intangible desire as a metaphor for the creation of a work of art in the sacred space of the artist’s studio.

Performed as a sort of epiphany, a sudden and fleeting vision, Presicce will visualize this story using references from three American modern artists whose iconography often reflected on the concept of the artist’s studio and the dissected body: Philip Guston’s 1969 painting The Studio; Louise Bourgeois’ Fillette, depicted in Robert Mapplethorpe’s portrait of the artist taken in his Bond Street studio in 1982; Paul Thek’s visual poetry which questioned the concept of the dissected self.

Part two of the 5-part Workspace ’19­ exhibition series, featuring new work by residents of AAI’s LES Studio Program

Media

• Installation
• Performance Art

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