Anthony GoicoleaPhotographer, Sculptor, Set Designer, Videographer, 2-D and 3-D Artist

Jeri Kelly

Biographical Information/Education:

Anthony Goicolea is a Cuban American artist living and working in New York City

Pratt Institute of Art, MFA, Sculpture; Minor, Photography, 1994–96

The University of Georgia, BFA, Drawing and Painting, magna cum laude, 1992–94

The University of Georgia, BA, Art History; Minor, Romance Languages, magna cum laude, 1989–92

Early Accomplishments

Goicolea first gained international recognition for his unsettling technique of arranging, within a single frame, photographic clones of himself in various poses.

His first “Multiple Self-Portrait” series, You and What Army, was produced in 1999.  This series saw him join together surrealism and fantasy with poignant social comment.

Last Supper, 1999

Blizzard, 2001

Inspiration

Goicolea exhibits an obvious influence of Cindy Sherman, who also produces elaborately staged self-portraits portraying different characters

Overlying Themes of the Work

Although in his mid-thirties, Goicolea portrays himself, disturbingly convincingly, as a series of pre-pubescent boys.  This allows the artist to bring a sense of innocence to his often provocative images that portray childhood pranks, often charged with elements of sexual curiosity and experimentation. 

Spit or Swallow, 1999

Class Picture, 1999

Newer Work…

Goicolea has recently been producing and exhibiting his drawings and sculptural installations, which include similar subject matter to his digital photographs

Matrimony, 2006

Search Party, 2007

Low Tide, 2007

Mother I, from the Related Portrait series, 2008

References

http://barnabys.blogs.com/neverhappened/2006/09/anthony_goicole.html

http://www.anthonygoicolea.com/ http://www.re-title.com/public/newsletters/September_

2008_-_Mixed_Media_0.htm Goicolea, A. & Harris, J. (2003). Anthony Goicolea.

Santa Fe, New Mexico: Twin Palms Publishers.