Mariposa

About the Presentation
Mariposa Gallery will present a group of works from the 1970s and 1980s by artist, photographer, filmmaker, and porn-star Peter Berlin. This presentation focuses on a group of never-before-seen hand-painted vintage prints made by Berlin in the 1970s and 80s, all of which focus on the crotch as a site of both sensuality and abstraction. These works play with transparency, texture, and distortion to transform the male body into a surreal object of desire. Through the use of mesh fabric, light manipulation, and subtle hand-painted marks, these works blur the boundaries between reality and abstraction, creating an intimate yet complex portrayal of the male form.