Issue No. 245: Gio Black Peter Guest-Curates for TAG

Gio Black Peter (born Giovanni Paolo Andrade Guevara) is a New York based performance artist as well as an ardent visual artist.  He examines text and subject, truth and fakery, rebellion and authority.  His subversive work has quickly earned him a name in the downtown New York scene of young emerging artists who participate in today’s dialogue about the deconstruction of high profile, white box presentation and the desire to raise art awareness.  At the core of Black Peter’s thinking is the idea that the life of art depends on the viewer’s willingness to suspend his or her rational thoughts and play into the believability of lies and realistic falsehoods.  Familiarity and a seductive aesthetic draw the viewer back to Black Peter’s art- a visceral exploration of vulnerability and self-reflection.

Issue No. 197: 'Leaning into the Verse' at Munch Gallery

Leaning into the Verse : A Group Exhibition of Drawing.

New York, NY, June 5, 2012 – Munch Gallery is pleased to present ‘Leaning into the Verse’, a drawing exhibition by Gavin Wilson, Hong Seon Jang, Philip Simmons and Gio Black Peter. The artists work in a variety of styles and media, but share an interest for the way our own personal worlds are actively founded, combined and take place in an ever expanding universal image. It is a lyrical interpretation of the lifelong cyclic forces, wherein definitions can seem inconsequential and time warps a reality.

All four artists are New York based and will be present at the opening reception, Sunday June 17, 5-7pm.

MUNCH Gallery
245 Broome Street (between Orchard and Ludlow Streets) New York, NY 10002
212.228.1600   info@munchgallery.com

[Taken from press release.]