Christina Quarles on ‘Come In From An Endless Place’ in Menorca (2023)

Video (5:41): Christina Quarles discusses her exhibition in Menorca (Spain). The newly-created paintings and drawings in Come In From An Endless Place explore the cyclical nature of escape, return and ongoingness. Video by Hauser & Wirth (2023).

Christina Quarles says: ‘As a Queer, cis-woman, born to a black father and a white mother, I engage with the world from a position that is multiply situated. My project is informed by my daily experience with ambiguity and seeks to dismantle assumptions of our fixed subjectivity through images that challenge the viewer to contend with the disorganized body in a state of excess.’

About Christina Quarles

‘Christina Quarles (b. 1985) is a Los Angeles-based artist, whose practice works to dismantle and question assumptions and ingrained beliefs surrounding identity and the human figure. Born in Chicago and raised by her mother in Los Angeles, Quarles took art classes from an early age. She developed a solid foundation for a lifelong drawing practice through after-school programs and figure drawing classes at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.’ – Hauser & Wirth

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Press release (PDF): Christina Quarles. Come In From An Endless Place by Hauser & Wirth