Leonard Greco
The Temptations of St.Anthony of the Desert in an Italian Landscape after Jakob Phillipe Hackert (1778)
2020
Oil on canvas
I am a visual artist, working in various mediums, my work has been an attempt to re-contextualize the artistic narratives of Western European Christendom. As a gay person who has frequently felt excluded from this tradition, I attempt to engage in this seemingly anachronistic dialogue specifically because I believe they are still relevant. I do so through a personally meaningful symbolic language, in essence, to stake my claim in these beloved stories.