Laura Duvall: HUMILIATION
December 6 - Saturday, December 9, 2017
KHORASHEH + GRUNERT, New York
For his second solo exhibition, laura duvall presents HUMILIATION, a series of 83 drawings which the artist created after getting kicked out of his studio and separating from his collaborator Margaret Velvet. Using makeup (lipstick, mascara, eyeliner pencils, and shadows) along with body thrashing against walls, Duvall executed these drawings atop photographic stills that were covering the walls and ceilings of his room, stills that were by Duvall and Margaret Velvet. The drawings were then packed up and dropped off at the gallery the next day.
SAD BOY
BROKEN HEARTED
LOCK YOU
IN MY
ROOM
LOCK YOU AWAY
IN MY
ROOM
SHAME BOY
ASHAMED
YOU WANT ME
AND NOW
THE ONLY PERSON
WHO I AM
AND AM NOT
IS GOING TO DIE
laura duvall deconstructs gender, drawing their own body and using the body to make marks. The movement works result in drawings, performances, videos and photos. In 2015 Duvall earned a BA at London's renowned Chelsea College of Art. Duvall’s work sharply contrasts a fragile touch with violent and aggressive action, evident in both the drawings and performances. Duvall has exhibited twice with Tanja Grunert both as a solo artist as as part of the artist collective “THE CORP” founded by Duvall and Margaret Velvet. Duvall has also exhibited with CUNTemporary queer Arts in London, CHASM NYC, Bizarre (Brooklyn) The Master Academy of Drawing in Budapest, The Police Station (London) and Nü Collective (New York).
KHORASHEH + GRUNERT is a curatorial platform by curator Mitra Khorasheh within Tanja Grunert Gallery that materializes from time to time at 524 West 19th Street, NY, and beyond. The project will be programmed by Khorasheh, whose curatorial work focuses on site-specific and performative practices, with an emphasis on the body in performance, painting and other time-based media.