ICA PRESENTS FIRST EXHIBITION OF RENOWNED TATTOO ARTIST DR LAKRA

THE ICA, BOSTON, PRESENTS THE FIRST US EXHIBITION OF DR LAKRA, A MEXICO-BASED ARTIST AND WORLD-RENOWNED TATTOOIST. IN DR LAKRA'S WORK, THE IDEALIZED IMAGES OF 195s PIN-UP GIRLS, WRESTLERS AND MEXICAN BUSINESSMEN ARE TATTOOED WITH DRAWINGS OF DEMONS, SKULLS, SNAKES AND SPIDERS. NO SURFACE ESCAPES THE ARTIST'S PEN, EVERYTHING FROM VINTAGE MAGAZINES AND JAPANESE PRINTS TO PLASTIC CUPS AND KEWPIE DOLLS ARE COVERED WITH HIS PROVOCATIVE AND MACABRE DRAWINGS. THE WORK COMBINES A DIVERSE RANGE OF PATTERNS AND SYMBOLS, SUCH AS MAORI, THAI AND ANCIENT AZTEC IMAGERY, WITH POP CULTURE AND EROTICA TO CREATE A TANTALIZING MIX OF LIFE, DEATH AND DESIRE. ON VIEW FROM 14.APRIL TO 6.SEPTEMBER, DR LAKRA PRESENTS OVER 60 WORKS, INCLUDING A NEW DRAWING THAT WILL COVER AN ENTIRE WALL.
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