Sense and Sensuality at LUMAS
Erin Hicks
March 27, 2008
By GABO.
We didn’t really understand the title of the LUMAS gallery’s latest show, “Boudoir—A Hint of Sensuality,” so we looked it up. Webster’s Dictionary defines “Boudoir” as “a room where a lady may retire to be alone; a pouting room.” And, appropriately, it’s the perfect theme to tie together the sixteen photographs in the exhibit, running March 27 through June 10. Each picture features a woman or couple in a general state of melancholy and uninhibited sexuality.
By Andreas Kock.
“Boudoir” features works by European and American photographers like Michel Comte, Lylia Corneli, GABO, Bill & Hells, Andreas Kock, Floriane de Lassée, and Howard Schatz. Check out Schatz’s ethereal Underwater Study 3093, which depicts a nude woman who appears to be melting in a bath of purples and pinks. Lassée’s Nightviews #115, Tokyo, manifests loneliness in the form of a solitary woman gazing opposite a window—the city skyline luminous and vast behind her. Our favorite is Kock’s Stalker I, featuring a woman who strikes a pose while her voyeur looks on.
Opening reception tonight, 6-8 p.m. at LUMAS New York, 77 Wooster Street, New York.
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