Christina Quarles / MATRIX 271
Christina Quarles / MATRIX 271
September 19–November 18, 2018
A gathering of paintings by Quarles, whose work tussles with culturally prescribed identities and probes the margins where meaning remains unfixed, illegible, and subject to question.
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Christina Quarles: Small Offerings, 2017; acrylic on canvas; 48 x 60 in.; BAMPFA, purchase made possible through a gift of an anonymous donor. Photo: Jonathan Bloom.
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Selected Exhibition Objects
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PaintingSmall Offerings
Christina Quarles
2017
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 60 in.
BAMPFA, purchase made possible through a gift of an anonymous donor. Photo: Jonathan Bloom.
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Painting...Tha Color of Tha Sky (Magic Hour)
Christina Quarles
2017
Acrylic on canvas
55 x 88 in.
Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Pilar Corrias, London. © Christina Quarles
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PaintingMoon (Lez Go Out N’ Feel Tha Nite)
Christina Quarles
2017
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 40 in.
Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Pilar Corrias, London. © Christina Quarles
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PaintingOnly Right Twice A Day
Christina Quarles
2017
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 72 in.
Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Pilar Corrias, London. © Christina Quarles
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PaintingJune Gloom
Christina Quarles
2017
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 56 in.
Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Pilar Corrias, London. © Christina Quarles
Past Events
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Wednesday, October 10, 5:30 PMGallery Talk: Olivia Young on Christina Quarles
Young offers insights into Quarles’s work, including the dynamics of excess, visibility, and form as instruments of black queer longing.
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Thursday, September 20, 6 PMArtist’s Talk: Christina Quarles in Conversation with Apsara DiQuinzio
The MATRIX artist discusses her work with the exhibition curator, illuminating the important role of ambiguity in Quarles’s representation of race and sexual identity.