Earlier this month, the Last Rites Gallery in New York continued their patronage of the dark arts with a solo exhibition from Laurie Lipton. In an interview with us leading up the show, the LA-based painter told us that Carnival of Death was inspired by the Day of the Dead Festival in Mexico as well as her experience with her mother’s death. Laurie’s description of her new body of work certainly rang true as we admired the detailed and intricate graphite pieces at the show filed with somber images of skulls and religious iconography.
More opening photos after the jump…
Some photos by Kiyotaka Hamamura (file names start with IMG).
Discuss this show here. Discuss Laurie Lipton here.
