Show Announcement: March 17th NYC
(left) Caravaggio, "The Entombment of Christ", 1602-03
(right) Rico, "Sepoltura" (fourteenth station), 2017
Not a comparison; a reference.
Check in, tag me, bring friends: #NYC2017 #stations #NarthexGallery
Instagram: @christopher_rico
Twitter: @ChristopherRico
For a preview of the entire show, go to this Facebook gallery.
"Christopher Rico's first solo exhibition in NYC is a re-imagining of the Stations of the Cross. This body of work features 14 paintings, mostly oil on linen, which will encircle the narthex of Saint Peter's church, adjacent to the Louise Nevelson Chapel. Three years in concept, 14 months in construction, the work contends with the Christian prophet's last day as he walks from trial to tomb. Named after the road in Jerusalem that was the route towards the cross, the show's title, "Via Dolorosa" translates to Way of Sorrow, or Way of Suffering. Some of the titles of the stations have been changed to reflect Rico's own interests."
""Fascinated by the experience of finger painting with his twin daughters when they were little, Rico set about to free his studio practice from the use of brushes. Over the past six years he has developed a unique process of pouring, wet-on-wet technique, and manipulating paint on surface. At once technically precise and improvisational, Rico’s work is beguiling in its apparent simplicity and beauty."
"His strict black and white palette evokes associations with x-rays, paranormal photography, clouds, the cosmos, and Renaissance religious painting. Drawing from a rich and insightful knowledge of art history, Rico’s work is timeless and profoundly of the moment. His recurring themes of ambiguity, uncertainty and ephemeral transcendence offer the viewer light in these otherwise seemingly dark days."
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