Pete Checchia
Flapper
2019
Giclée print on canvas
30" x 20" x 1.5"

About the work

Flapper, 2019.
It is what I term a Dreamscape
Model - Brittany Papale

Dreamscapes:
are photographic explorations of identity, sexuality, art history, society, the human condition, and the subconscious.

I create these montage works intuitively from my photographic nude studies, portraiture, street and landscape photography, travel photography, appropriated iconographic cultural imagery, and most recently - online virtual shoots.

Through a collaborative process with female models I seek to deconstruct the male gaze, explore male/female power structures and dynamics, and reflect upon larger issues of identity, sexuality, persona, perception, and societal roles.

A series of life-altering nighttime dreams inspired this work.

About the artist

Photography, Art, Curating

My career as a photographer, visual artist, and curator, gives me the opportunity to explore many creative avenues and to collaborate with exceptional artists and organizations.

At Pete Checchia Photography & Arts, my gallery and photo studio, I program solo shows, group and themed exhibits, events, benefits, popup shops, and I have a special yearly guest curator show.

My photography work focuses on the classical music world with clients that include Carnegie Hall, the Curtis Institute of Music, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, New York String Orchestra Seminar, and the Marlboro Music Festival. I shoot publicity work, editorial work, events, live concerts, rehearsals, classroom shots, and many other images for schools, orchestras, and other arts and music organizations.

What ties my overall work together, from my work as an exhibiting visual artist, to work as a photographer, to curating/gallerist work, is the idea of collaboration. Sometimes that collaboration is more ethereal as with photographing an inspiring musical performance, other times it's more fundamental as with collaborating with art models and mixing our ideas. Collaboration can also take the form of direct work with other artists in different mediums like my DeMelas/Checchia collaborative duo work with painter Anthony DeMelas which now celebrates our 15th year working and showing together.

I explore art in multiple genres, disciplines, and mediums including video art, installation art, 3D constructions, mixed media, paint, performance art, and of course photography.

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