by Tally Beck Contemporary Gallery Location: Tally Beck Contemporary Gallery
Artist(s): Niccolo COSME
Date: 20 Nov 2013 - 31 Jan 2014
Tally Beck Contemporary presents its first solo gallery exhibition in New York for Filipino photographer Niccolo Cosme.
The show features approximately 13 large-scale personification photographs that draw from the artist’s background as a gay man growing up in the intensely Catholic culture of the Philippines. Just as Christian imagery was adjusted to the context of different cultures, Cosme re-imagines Counter-reformation ecstatic and hagiographical imagery with a homoerotic twist and an emphasis on national identity. Using live models, he stages his photographs, and his work recalls the hyper-realism and surrealism of Pierre et Gilles. Tally Beck Contemporary will also present a lecture program on Filipino visual arts and the influence of European religious imagery.
Cosme lives and works in the Philippines and has exhibited extensively in Asia and the United States. In 2011, Cosme carried first prize in the PPA Affiliate Asia-Pacific Image Competition in Seoul.
