CONTACTStaffCAREER OPPORTUNITIESADVERTISE WITH USPRIVACY POLICYPRIVACY PREFERENCESTERMS OF USELEGAL NOTICE
© 2024 Pride Publishing Inc.
All Rights reserved
All Rights reserved
Scroll To Top![Bad Cops Make Good Snacks, 2015](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 655 820'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Fawn (Fall), 2016](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 655 846'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![The Velvet Ribbon, 2016](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 655 922'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Discipline, 2015](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 655 923'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Bruja, 2015](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 655 829'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Agua Pasa Para Mi Casa Frida y Diego, 2016](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 655 946'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Everything is Perfect, 2016](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 655 979'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![It's the Weekend, 2015](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 655 930'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Northern Light, 2016](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 655 936'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Prometheus, 2015](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 655 837'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![When-i-was-a-teenager](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 655 939'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![The Other Artist's Family](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 655 910'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Birds of a Feather](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 565'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Hold Up Your Hand](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 366'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Morning Glory](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 709'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Airplane](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 735'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Amphidromic Point](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 731'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![John, Communion](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 692'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![I Woke Up Today](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 629'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![The Land Is My Landmine](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 568'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![The Pleasure Derived From](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 751'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Deconstruction Castle](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 587'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Hanging Out](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 555'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![3 Tiles](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 190'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Imaginary Canari](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 735'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Andrew, Communion](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 722'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Like 5000 Butterflies](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 342'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Night Gardeners](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 557'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![Waiting for a Train](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 560 729'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![close button](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0OCA0OCI+PHBhdGggZD0iTTI0IDRDMTIuOTUgNCA0IDEyLjk1IDQgMjRzOC45NSAyMCAyMCAyMCAyMC04Ljk1IDIwLTIwUzM1LjA1IDQgMjQgNHptMTAgMjcuMTdMMzEuMTcgMzQgMjQgMjYuODMgMTYuODMgMzQgMTQgMzEuMTcgMjEuMTcgMjQgMTQgMTYuODMgMTYuODMgMTQgMjQgMjEuMTcgMzEuMTcgMTQgMzQgMTYuODMgMjYuODMgMjQgMzQgMzEuMTd6IiBmaWxsPSIjOTgwMDAwIiBjbGFzcz0iZmlsbC0wMDAwMDAiLz48cGF0aCBkPSJNMCAwaDQ4djQ4SDB6IiBmaWxsPSJub25lIi8+PC9zdmc+)
![]()
By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use.
Bad Cops Make Good Snacks, 2015
Gio Black Peter’s work is seductive and languid, so you may not notice at first that he's addressing issues of gender, at-risk youth, and police brutality.
Born in Guatemala, Black Peter has not only made New York his home, but also has become a quintessentially New York artist, and a visible — sometimes naked — icon of the downtown scene. His work is luscious and tropical, not quite what you would first associate with the Big Apple. But his posturing Latino boys loosely painted over NYC subway maps are so New York.
Black Peter’s solo exhibition, “If We Do Not Destroy Ourselves,” opening tonight at Casa de Costa catalogs the newest paintings, drawings and works on paper by the multimedia artist. This body of work, created in late 2015 and early 2016, is heavily influenced by current events and political discourse in the United States, including police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement, the rise of Donald Trump, anti-immigrant sentiments, right-wing terrorism, and political violence.
The painting titled Bad Cops Make Good Snacks, for example, depicts a post-coital Adam and Eve as a black man and trans woman, looking on as the serpent devours a corrupt policeman. Another painting, The Velvet Ribbon, depicts a young white man surrounded by faceless black hands, delineating a conservative white America’s fears about its future in a multicultural country.
"If We Do Not Destroy Ourselves" opens on Wednesday, March 30 and runs through Thursday, May 26. Casa de Costa is open to the public Tuesday through Friday, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. In the second half of this gallery, we've included images from our 2011 Artist Spotlight on Black Peter.
Follow Gio Black Peter on Twitter.
xtyfr
More Galleries
Christopher Harrity
Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.
Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.