The Hole presents Womanizer, a solo exhibition by Caitlin Cherry, the artist’s second with the gallery. An opening art party was held on November 11, 2023. The exhibition runs through December 30, 2023.
The Hole Los Angeles; courtesy of gallery
The Hole Caitlin Cherry
Caitlin Cherry creates a personal archive of Black popular culture on the internet through centering femme entertainers as her muses. Her artwork expresses this concept via painting, sculpture and installation. The artist utilizes online images of sex workers, drag queens as well as social media influencers. She then incorporates the images to depict popular radical aesthetics within the global Black diaspora.
In Womanizer, two panoramic installations reminiscent of zoetropes—pre-film animation devices—wrap her eight oil paintings around the viewer. As you enter each freestanding aluminum circle, painted vignettes surround you, raised slightly higher than eye-level, beaming down on you as if from a billboard. Frequently coming off the wall with mechanical arms or freestanding frames, Cherry here takes her paintings full surround sound. Thus creating a dizzying and seductive assortment—with a hint of peep show privacy—in a sculptural, multi-sensory manipulation of the representation of women that inspired the title.
Caitlin Cherry, Putlocker (P-Valley Has Been Renewed for Season 3), 2023, oil on canvas, 57.5 x 109.5 inches, 146 x 278 cm.
The Hole
A contemporary art gallery, the Hole is run by Kathy Grayson. Opened in July of 2010, The Hole offers a focus on emerging art as well as thematic group shows. The gallery represents twenty-five artists from America and abroad, and have exhibited hundreds more. After opening a second location in Tribeca Spring 2021, it expanded to a new 8,000 sq. ft. space in Los Angeles February 2022. In between exhibitions the Hole hosts performances, events, and special projects across disciplines.
On view: November 11, 2023 – December 30, 2023
What: Womanizer, Caitlin Cherry
Where: The Hole Los Angeles, 844 N La Brea Ave., LA, 90038
When: Running through December 30, 2023
Website: http://theholenyc.com/
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