Jesus is my Homeboy: Anointing
A vibrant and provocative chromogenic print by David LaChapelle, *Jesus is my Homeboy: Anointing* reimagines a sacred biblical scene through the lens of contemporary urban street culture, depicting Christ among modern-day figures in an intimate and tender moment. LaChapelle's signature hyper-saturated palette and cinematic staging blur the boundaries between the divine and the everyday, challenging traditional notions of worship and reverence. Mounted face-forward to Plexiglas, the work achieves a luminous, almost glowing quality that amplifies its bold visual impact and spiritual undertones.
- Medium
- Chromogenic print, face-mounted to Plexiglas.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Photographs
May 21, 2015
Spotted works by David LaChapelle
Artists in conversation
Andres Serrano
American · b. 1950
Serrano similarly merges sacred Christian iconography with provocative contemporary contexts using bold saturated color photography, challenging viewers to reconsider religious reverence and the boundaries of the divine in modern life.
Ron English
American · b. 1959
English blends religious and pop culture imagery with hyper-vivid color and figurative compositions, recontextualizing Christ and spiritual figures within urban street culture in ways that directly parallel LaChapelle's irreverent yet tender visual language.
Tim Walker
British · b. 1970
Walker produces cinematic large scale chromogenic portrait photography with hyper saturated palettes and elaborately staged theatrical scenes that share LaChapelle's signature approach of blurring fantasy and reality within figurative contemporary imagery.
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