Jonathan Lyndon Chase Explained

Jonathan Lyndon Chase (born 1989, Philadelphia, PA) is an American visual artist.[1] Chase's paintings and drawings focus primarily on queer black bodies in mundane, everyday spaces.[2] Chase lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3]

Early life and education

Chase was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1989.[4]

Chase graduated from University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2013 and went on to receive a Master in Fine Arts at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2016.[5]

Work

Chase's practice is a process of traditional and digital collage, drawing, photography, poetry, archiving, and research.[6]

Chases's figurative paintings stand stylistically beside peers Louis Fratino, Nicole Eisenman, and Carroll Dunham, and equally reference the erotic woodblock prints of Ukiyo-e.[7] Artist and curator Tiona Nekkia McClodden writes of Chase's paintings, "The figures mirror each other, touch each other … reach through each other. They are layered, they are tender and have a necessary roughness. Lovemaking, or rather loving oneself is like this. There is the way he allows a reversed negative x-ray transparency to look through certain parts of the body."[8]

Art critic Holland Cotter notes of the exhibition, "Quiet Storm” — which refers to a genre of mellow, primarily African-American pop music — there is nothing the least quiet about Mr. Chase's exuberant brushwork, or his images of glittered-splashed flesh and gay coupledom."[9] Writer Miss Rosen says of Chase, "Imagine the love child of Missy Elliott and Romare Bearden, raised by Ren & Stimpy, and embracing the intimacies of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room … and you can begin to grasp the intricate complexities and exquisite nuances of African-American artist Jonathan Lyndon Chase."

Chase notes artists Romare Bearden, Alison Saar, Marlon Riggs, Robert Colescott, Alice Neel, and Kerry James Marshall as key inspirations as well as culture and fashion from the 1980s and 1990s, Afrofuturism, and science-fiction in relationship to black and queer narratives.[6]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

Bibliography

Talks

Notes and References

  1. News: Gay Black Artist Jonathan Lyndon Chase Makes His Mark in the L.A. Art World. Dambrot. Shana Nys. 2018-06-06. L.A. Weekly. 2018-10-20.
  2. News: Jonathan Lyndon Chase · Company Gallery. Company Gallery. 2018-10-20. en-US.
  3. News: With Back-To-Back Sold-Out Shows, the 28-Year-Old Painter Jonathan Lyndon Chase Is a Young Artist to Watch. 2018-06-29. artnet News. 2018-10-20. en-US.
  4. Web site: Chase. Kohn Gallery. en-US. 2018-10-20.
  5. Web site: Chase. Kohn Gallery. en-US. 2018-10-20.
  6. News: 28-year old, Philadelphia-based artist Jonathan Lyndon Chase is everywhere this past year.. Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. 2018-10-20. en.
  7. Web site: Jonathan Lyndon Chase: Sheets. The Brooklyn Rail. 11 July 2018 . 2018-10-20.
  8. News: Quiet Storm · Company Gallery. Company Gallery. 2018-10-20. en-US.
  9. News: 10 Galleries to Visit Now on the Lower East Side. The New York Times . 26 April 2018 . 2018-10-20. en. Cotter . Holland .

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