The Third Sex: Thai Ladyboys
New work by Canadian artist Patrick EVOKE
For his first exhibition at DDR Projects, Artist Patrick Evoke has created a series of remarkable portraits that are neither paintings, drawings, prints or photographs, they are an entirely new beast. These beautiful and haunting works are the actual physical records of cosmetics peeled from the faces of heavily "made up" transvestites, drag queens and working women of South East Asia."Each day these individuals look into the mirror and paint a self portrait. They put on a mask and get into character. It from this middle space that these works emerge. In these works, the surreal theatrics of this cosmetic transformation merge with the wrinkles hairs and imperfections of real life. They are as intimate a portrait as one will ever capture.
DDR Projects Fine Art Gallery
3403 East Broadway (at Redondo / across from The Reno Room)
Long Beach, CA 90803
