He knows he is far from that place, and he contrasts this in thick brushstrokes depicting the stairwell. On the side of the paper reads the headline “Exquisite Beauty” below is a scenic image of a beautiful bay and sea town. In his 1996 work Stairway to Eros, he depicts, in stark black and white, the stairwell that led to the stage of that famous gay club. “Stairway to Eros” (1996), Gouache on newsprint With paint, masking and highlighting, he guides the viewer’s eyes. In his work, he shows us plainly and honestly his desires and frailties, with inside jokes about gay identity and addiction (see the work Crystal Favors with double entendres as an example – “put yourself in a better position”). In the pages of The New York Times, he saw his life mirrored, his career, his loves, and the places he frequented. For Cortés, the columns and the grids of that newspaper, with its photos and headlines, were the beginning of a dialogue a dialogue he recorded in paint. He appreciated the paper not only for its power to convey information, but also its structure, the layout and juxtaposition of ads, and its history and presence. His father, an avid newspaper reader, instilled in him his love for papers, and in New York City he fell in love with The New York Times – the Grey Lady. In his curatorial essay for his online VisualAIDS exhibition, “It Feels Like Love But It’s the Drugs”, he starts with the admission that his sexual awakening came at fifteen – and with that the recognition of a new identity as a gay man.Ĭortés was born in Philadelphia to Puerto-Rican parents. His work is filled with pain but also with beauty, pleasure and love.
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It is the means that validates his world and voices his identity as both a gay man and as a Puerto Rican.Ĭortés is not a political artist or activist, but he does acknowledge that his tastes tend toward the provocative: to a place of rough sex, sex workers, and drugs. It combines his experiences, his memories and his state of mind, and it is a manifestation of his passions, his hopes, and his fears. The process of creating art for José Luis Cortés is very personal.