ROSEBUD — JONATHAN LYNDON CHASE
Lord Ludd Gallery in Philadelphia, PA
Until April 17, 2016
Two Men in Bed, 2015.
Statement:
For me painting and stich work explores ideas of figures having an authoritative submissiveness while raising questions about the impact of hip-hop culture, black culture , and heterosexual culture. Beauty, sensuality, pain and anger are cathartic components of my work in relation to homosexual black male identity which is the primary focus and interest of my work. The flesh is a dangerously beautiful concept that is conveyed through confrontation and pulls from the exotic or unknown. “The Other” influences my work greatly through subject matter and how it manifest through material that operates between domestic and erotic tension. Voyeurism, minstrelization, and suspicion are a mode of directness and ambiguity for the viewer to engage with
Figure Painting Blk and Blue, 2015.
Here, 2016.
Man in Tube, 2015.
Man with Heads, 2015.
Jonathan Chase -Born: October 23 1989 -Resides: Philadelphia, Pa -Education: 2010 AA Community College of Philadelphia, Pa 2013 BFA University of the Arts -Group Exhibitions 2009 “Spring Student ceramic show” Community College of Philadelphia “Figurative structural drawings” Community College of Philadelphia 2012 “Dick Blick art supplies student show” 2013 “Senior student show” Gallery 817 Anderson building University of the Arts “Art Unleashed Student Show” University of the Arts “Double Identity” Senior thesis show Gallery 817 Anderson building University of the Arts -Special Projects 2006 PAFA after school Painting and Life Drawing Class 2007 PAFA after school Figure Drawing Class “Mural Coordinator and Painter” Delaware Valley Charter High school 2009 Student Teaching Grades 9-12th Delaware Valley Charter High school -Awards and Honors 2012 Michael Leone Award for Outstanding Progress during the Junior Year. 2013 Steve Jaffee Award in Drawing. (text: WWW.PHILTHYARTISTS.ORG)
