Artist: Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski
Exhibition title: Said the Rainbow to the Grave
Venue: Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
Date: October 29 – December 12, 2020
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin
In Turin, from 29 October to 12 December 2020, Luce Gallery presents the Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski’s solo show titled “Said the Rainbow to the Grave”.
The Afro-Puerto Rican artist questions the representation of women – queer, femme, brown and black -, who have long been excluded from the dominant artistic narrative.
Interested in the symbolism of the images as well as fantasy and mythology enthusiast, she draws and paints female figures of the future, forming a visual language, which tells stories of earthly and cosmic creations.
In the works, sinuous bodies with a third eye join earthly elements, such as rainbows, rain, stones, bones, flowers, and thunder. Her imagery of iridescent and fluorescent colors draws inspiration from alchemical, religious, spiritual, and ancient illustrations conceived to be read as texts.
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski (1985, Bordeaux) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
The Afro-Puerto Rican artist earned her MFA from The Yale School of Art.
Recently, she has been included in the group show titled “Women to the Fore” at Hudson River Museum (Yonkers, New York). In 2021, her works will be exhibited at the Phoenix Art Museum and The Cue Foundation (New York). Furthermore, she has been selected for ESTAMOS BIEN: LA TRIENAL 20/21 at El Museo del Barrio in New York. The show is the museum’s first national large-scale survey of Latinx contemporary art.
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Said the Rainbow to the Grave, 2020, exhibition view, Luce Gallery, Turin
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Said the Rainbow to the Grave, 2020, exhibition view, Luce Gallery, Turin
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Said the Rainbow to the Grave, 2020, exhibition view, Luce Gallery, Turin
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Said the Rainbow to the Grave, 2020, exhibition view, Luce Gallery, Turin
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Said the Rainbow to the Grave, 2020, exhibition view, Luce Gallery, Turin
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Said the Rainbow to the Grave, 2020, exhibition view, Luce Gallery, Turin
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Said the Rainbow to the Grave, 2020, exhibition view, Luce Gallery, Turin
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Said the Rainbow to the Grave, 2020, exhibition view, Luce Gallery, Turin
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Said the Rainbow to the Grave, 2020, exhibition view, Luce Gallery, Turin
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Said the Rainbow to the Grave, 2020, exhibition view, Luce Gallery, Turin
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, A body is a portal you can’t close, 2020, sheet size 157×122.4 cm (61.8×48.1 inches), Courtesy the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin, Photo: Andrea Ferrari
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, A new petition for the good and dead, 2020, sheet size 76.1×57.9 cm (29.9×22.7 inches), Courtesy the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin, Photo: Andrea Ferrari
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Bone tremble in the shadowlands, 2020, sheet size 76.1×57.9 cm (29.9×22.7 inches), Courtesy the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin, Photo: Andrea Ferrari
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, I was not a person, I was a place, 2020, sheet size 79.6×123.4 cm (31.3×48.5 inches), Courtesy the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin, Photo: Andrea Ferrari
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Its what heals us, its what haunts us – part 1, 2020, sheet size 145.9×114.1 cm (57.4×44.9 inches), Courtesy the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin, Photo: Andrea Ferrari
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Its what heals us, its what haunts us – part 2, 2020, sheet size 145.9×114.1 cm (57.4×44.9 inches), Courtesy the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin, Photo: Andrea Ferrari
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Patron Ghost of Open Skies (Thunderclap!), 2020, detail, Courtesy the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin, Photo: Andrea Ferrari
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Patron Ghost of Open Skies (Thunderclap!), 2020, sheet size 122.4×213.6 cm (48.1×84 inches), Courtesy the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin, Photo: Andrea Ferrari
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Philosopher’s stone (exorcism in utopia), 2020, sheet size 76.1×57.9 cm (29.9×22.7 inches), Courtesy the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin, Photo: Andrea Ferrari
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, The one time I dreamed it, it came true, 2020, detail, Courtesy the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin, Photo: Andrea Ferrari
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, The one time I dreamed it, it came true, 2020, sheet size 162×106.9 cm (63.7×42 inches), Courtesy the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin, Photo: Andrea Ferrari
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, The Ref (patron ghost of no no no), 2020, detail, Courtesy the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin, Photo: Andrea Ferrari
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, The Ref (patron ghost of no no no), 2020, sheet size 174.1×124 cm (68.5×48.8 inches), Courtesy the artist and Luce Gallery, Turin, Photo: Andrea Ferrari