"Texta" is Australian for felt-tip marker and Arlene
TextaQueen likes her tips felt. She spends her life as
a marker superhero, exposing real women and other
performers, un-dressed-up in accessories and surrounds
of their own desire. Depicted in life-size line and
livid color she re-con-texta-ualizes the tradition of
the salon nude as she intimately uncovers the unique
character of her subjects.
TQ's pin-up portraits have been a playing card series,
shown in Australia's Museum of Contemporary Art, as
animation on SBS TV and at the Australian Centre for
the Moving Image, and been commissioned for
surfboards, murals and tapestries. TextaQueen has
recently flaunted felt-tip renditions of fabulous
friends in exhibitions in Los Angeles, California and
Portland, Oregon, and during a 6 month
artist-in-residency at the International Studio and
Curatorial Program in Manhattan.
'Felt-tips Forever' is TextaQueen's first solo show in
New York and includes portraits of writer Michelle
Tea, performer extraordinaire Taylor Mac, and more
Felt-tips Forever
Arlene TextaQueen
@ The Arm
218 North 7th St
Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY
Oct 13 - 17th
Friday - Tues noon - 6pm
opening Oct 13th 7pm with live performance
www.textanudes.com
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