Bryan Leboeuf

Bryan Leboeuf, “Age of Man”, 2003, Oil on Linen, 122 x 127 cm, Private Collection

Raised on the Gulf Coast in rural Louisiana, Bryan LeBoeuf moved to New York City in 1998 to continue his formal training in art school, which had begun in southwestern Colorado. Since his first solo show in the Spring of 2003, several of his paintings have been acquired by public collections, including The Forbes Collection and The Flint Institute of Art. In 2008, the artist had his first solo museum exhibition at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia.

Bryan Leboeuf

Bryan Leboeuf, “Mosh Pit”, 2003. Oil on Linen. 60 x 48 inches. Collection of Peter N. Geisler Jr., West Palm Beach, Florida. On extended loan to MOCA Jacksonville.

Bryan Leboeuf’s painting, “Mosh Pit”, depicts a crowded expanse of bodies and limbs viewed from above, on top of which a man is suspended, held by the people below. While the subject matter of the scene is modern and profane, the striking position of the body of the main figure is reminiscent of Baroque depictions of the religious subject of the Deposition of Christ from the Cross. Leboeuf’s use of chiaroscuro lighting and other Old Master techniques enhances the artistic references to the past embodied in this seemingly contemporary subject.