"Geoffrey Holder: Pleasures of the Flesh" opens at James Fuentes Gallery
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Thursday, November 14, 2024


"Geoffrey Holder: Pleasures of the Flesh" opens at James Fuentes Gallery
Geoffrey Holder, New York Beauty, 1992.



NEW YORK, NY.- On November 2nd James Fuentes began the exhibition "Geoffrey Holder: Pleasures of the Flesh", curated by Hilton Als, which will continue through December 3rd, 2022. A true polymath, Holder was a painter, photographer, choreographer, director, costume designer, dancer, actor, and composer born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. In 1953, during his early twenties, Holder relocated to New York City, a move financed by the sale of his paintings and by 1957 he would receive a Guggenheim fellowship in painting. Focusing on Holder’s remarkable work as a painter, this exhibition spans the 1970s through the later part of his career.

As a visual artist, Holder’s works evidence a singular and recognizable spirit of combined calm, elegance, and life force. He brought a controlled intensity to the way he portrayed his subjects; often visually isolated in the frame yet possessing a presence that filled the image. Holder was also a photographer, as represented in his volume, Adam, published in 1986 by Viking Press. While painting remains the lesser recognized of the disciplines that he is celebrated for, it was the medium most constant and central to him throughout his life, offering rich ground for experimentations in imagery, style, and representation.




In collaboration with the Holder family, Pleasures of the Flesh marks the gallery’s first exhibition of Geoffrey Holder’s work in representation of the artist’s estate. A two-part project, Pleasures of the Flesh coincides with Holder’s art fair debut at The ADAA Art Show, New York, November 2-6, 2022.

Hilton Als is associate professor of writing at Columbia University and former staff writer and theater critic for The New Yorker. He has taught at Smith College, Wesleyan University, and Yale University. Prior to the New Yorker, Als was a staff writer for the Village Voice and an editor-at-large at Vibe. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism (2017), Yale’s Windham-Campbell Literature Prize (2016), the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism (2002-03), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2000). His first book, The Women, was published in 1996. His most recent book, White Girls, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the winner of the Lambda Literary Award in 2014.

Als edited the exhibition catalogue for Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art, on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1994–95). His forthcoming book, My Pinup, a meditation on love and of loss, of Prince and of desire, published on November 1, 2022.

Since 2007, James Fuentes has championed a gallery program that is led first by exceptional contemporary artists who are atypical from the conventions of their field. The gallery has become known for its focus on humanity, history, and society with a non-exclusionary approach, positioning itself as a leader in the field as our contemporary institutions seek to do the same.










Today's News

November 5, 2022

Deck The Halls...With a Little Art! A group exhibition of small works just in time for the holidays

At Carnegie, art and messages come in a deluge

A fair where the art shines (grandstanding not required)

Huntington acquires major work by female 18th-century master

"Geoffrey Holder: Pleasures of the Flesh" opens at James Fuentes Gallery

Planting seeds to produce real change

Museum Voorlinden opens a large retrospective of works by Giuseppe Penone

Emily Dickinson, at home in her 'full-color life'

Announcing ars publicata: A compendium of fine arts editions from worlds leading contemporary artists

Croatia takes a step toward returning art looted during the Holocaust

Artists revisit their Bronx walls of fame

Last week to see paintings by Andrea Belag and Lisa Beck at the Kristen Lorello gallery

Aisha Tandiwe Bell: TRAP starts today at Arcade Project Curatorial

New leadership team is announced at MOCA

Review: Ayodele Casel returns to the Joyce with 'Chasing Magic'

Jenkins Johnson Projects: Two amazing group exhibitions launch today at both locations

Miyako Yoshinaga opens a solo exhibition of works by Hitoshi Fugo

Rafael Mason elected to Frick Board of Trustees

Artist Matt Wedel pushes boundaries of ceramics in new Toledo Museum of Art exhibition starting today

Review: In 'Almost Famous,' the heart of rock 'n' roll flatlines




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez
Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Attorneys
Truck Accident Attorneys
Accident Attorneys
Holistic Dentist
Abogado de accidentes
สล็อต
สล็อตเว็บตรง

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site Parroquia Natividad del Señor
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful