Gori Mora, Sonetos de amor oscuro, 2024 (Imagen by Kenneth Archbold)
GORI MORA | BURNING DESIRES
Unit London
From August 14 of 2024 to September 23 of 2024
Gori Mora's first exhibition at Unit London, titled "Burning Desires" will open on August 14 in London. The exhibition aims to open a window to the world around the theme of queer identity, intimacy and pertinence.
"Burning Desires" overlays cozy interiors and outdoor scenes to construct "safe spaces" populated with the artist's coded language of motifs, including bitten apples, body parts, constellations, the moon and many objective indications of nightlife. These works have been inspired by artists such as Leonora Carrington and Philip Guston, whose surreal compositions invoke a sense of curiosity and introspection in the viewer.
The works have been made in oil on methacrylate, the technique that Gori has been developing in recent years. This technique of painting directly onto a transparent panel, involves him painting and composing his paintings carefully in reverse, as his brushstroke will be the first one the viewer sees. The methacrylate not only provides a distinctive diffusion of light over the surface of the artwork, but also envelops the work with a built-in protective cover, reflecting the sense of security that Mora intentionally explores.
