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Email PageVogue Series
June 7, 2007- July 13, 2007
Reception: June 7, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Marcia Kure
BravinLee programs
526 W 26th StBravinLee programs is very pleased to present new work on paper by Marcia Kure. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York. The show will open on June 7th, 2007, and will run through July 13.
Marcia Kure’s imagery is partially influenced by ancient cave drawings in southern Africa, as well as the traditional Uli murals of Nigeria. For this exhibition, the “Vogue Series” Kure has created a small army of female figures using a handmade pigment derived from the West African kola nut. Kure’s characters stand in profile and have a detached glamour, evoking the cold aggression, the languid but forced poses and impersonal sexuality of fashion and advertising. The clothes that Kure invents are exotic and surreal, resembling costumes from a militaristic science fiction fantasy and borrowing from a myriad of styles and sources that range from Victorian colonial to Gothic. Far from suggesting vulnerability, their eroticism suggests a kind of dangerousness. Precise and beautifully executed, these intricate images compel the viewer to consider a world condition that is anything but harmonious; these figures are designed to kick ass.
Born in Nigeria, Marcia Kure has had nine one-person shows and over forty exhibitions in Nigeria, Germany, the US, Spain, the Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Canada, Austria and Switzerland. She recently exhibited her work at BravinLee Programs, New York, The New Museum, New York, the 7th Sharjah Biennale, Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco, and last fall was included in the 2nd Seville International Biennial curated by Okwui Enwezor. Her work has been reviewed in the New York Times, Frieze, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, African Arts and Flash Art.
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