Anthony Cudahy: Spinneret draws inspiration from—and is named for—the silk-producing organ that spiders use to weave, or spin, their webs. Cudahy’s figurative paintings piece together enigmatic scenes of specific objects and equivocal environments from interwoven references drawn from Queer archives, art history, film, poetry, friends, and his own autobiography. His fluid application of paint and idiosyncratic palette—at moments sullen, earthen, corporeal and at others high-key, acidic, artificial—animates the ongoing push and pull between the real and surreal across his practice. 

Sponsors:

This exhibition is made possible through generous support of the Art Advisory Council: Tom Keyes, Leslie and Michael Weissman, & Alexander Abedine and Katherine Litwin. Additional support provided by the Sherman Family Foundation.

Image Credits:

Anthony Cudahy, Tempest (rooftop), 2021, Oil on linen, 72 x 72 in. (1982.9 x 1982.9 cm), Green Family Art Foundation; Courtesy of Adam Green Art Advisory. ©Anthony Cudahy. Courtesy the artist and Hales, London and New York. Photo by Phoebe d'Heurle.