Larassa Kabel “Boyfriend”
Soho20 Chelsea Gallery
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Boyfriend is an exhibition, which examines the paradigms of identity, sexuality, pleasure and self-image within which women exist. Kabel’s photorealistic drawings feature tightly cropped heads of women in what may be derived as a compromising and submissive position. The figures in Kabel’s drawings are silenced and gaze longing at the viewer. The imagery derived from online porn websites originally intended for the male viewer is refigured to focus solely on the eyes of the subject, where we find little emotion registered in their expression. The artist’s impeccable skill in drawing and composition create a unique tension in the works that allow the viewer to linger and contemplate the fate of the subjects. Her exquisitely rendered figures reflect the careful examination of these social standards and the tension between power and submission that ensues.
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Schedule
from February 26, 2013 to March 23, 2013
Opening Reception on 2013-02-28 from 18:00 to 22:00