Presented in collaboration with the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, this is the first solo exhibition in New York by Mexican artist Dr. Lakra (b. 1972, Mexico). For this exhibition, Lakra creates a site-specific wall drawing throughout the gallery, integrating works on paper. In this presentation, Lakra uses drawing as the most immediate artistic impulse to invoke fundamental human urges like sex and violence. Using a range of source material, from anatomy textbooks to magazine pin-ups and comic strips, Lakra looks to Mexican and international art historical traditions, as well as the contemporary iconography of tattoo art and borrows a rich sense of satire from his early interest in cartooning. Creating a transformative visual overload, Lakra merges representation with an invented universe, as works transcend categorization and challenge social norms.
On view at 3 Wooster Street (between Canal and Grand)
Special Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10am-6pm (closed Sunday & Monday)
Image: Dr. Lakra, Untitled, 2010. Ink on paper, 11 x 8 ½ inches. Courtesy of the artist and Kurimanzutto, Mexico City.
Curated by Assistant Curator Rachel Liebowitz