Marvin Luvualu António “Here on Purpose”
Lyles & King
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Lyles & King presents its project space with Marvin Luvualu António’s first New York exhibition. Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia but living in Toronto, Canada since 2004, António works in performance, installation, sculpture, video, and painting.
There is so much to say
And so much has happened
And this room is so fucking small.
My precious ball python
Was killed but somehow
Lives on as I can admit that lately
I see snakes everywhere.
There is so much pain
In my body.
Now it manifests in seizures.
I am epileptic.
Real talk.
It’s a challenge
To remember because I still
Can’t believe it.
If I forget I may die.
But, I’m here on purpose.
Anger feels tight
And sadness vast.
Here,
On purpose.
Marvin Luvualu António (b. 1986) lives in Toronto, Canada. He recently exhibited in That I am reading backwards and into for a purpose, to go on at The Kitchen, New York, US. He is the 2017 Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Prize recipient and the 2015 recipient of the AMIA/AGO Photography Prize Scholarship. António has recently exhibited at Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa; Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada; and Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA;.
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Schedule
from June 15, 2017 to July 28, 2017
Opening Reception on 2017-06-15 from 18:00 to 20:00