Geppy Pisanelli Paints Light Without Easy Answers
At a Glance
- What
Geppy Pisanelli, Hidden Lights
- When
- Opening February 14, 2025; exhibition February 15-March 15
- Where
GR Gallery, New York
- Experience
Paintings bringing natural landscapes and artificial structures together.
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- Details
- What to Know
TheNakedNYC coverage
TheNakedNYC documented Pisanelli's paintings and their presentation at GR Gallery.
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Hidden Light contrasts a small human figure and artificial illumination with an overwhelming landscape. Geppy Pisanelli
What to Know
Nature and Human Construction
Minimal buildings, shelters, rafts, lamps, and signals occupy forests, mountains, and water. Their presence suggests human use while leaving the surrounding spaces unsettled.
Light as a Partial Signal
Windows, flares, lanterns, and reflected skies draw attention without making the scenes fully legible. Pisanelli describes the paintings as threshold images, open to readings of abandonment, hope, solitude, and connection.
Conflict Behind the Landscapes
The artist relates the series to pandemics, migration, war, and climate change. Isolated figures occupy settings shaped by forces beyond their control.
A Literary Reference
Pisanelli draws on D. H. Lawrence's 1928 writing about destruction and the possibility of rebuilding. The reference places renewal alongside the paintings' darker emotional register.
Returning to the Gallery
The solo presentation follows Pisanelli's participation in GR Gallery's 2023 group exhibition Dreaming Awake. The artist works between Naples and New York. GR Gallery maintains the exhibition record and program.
