Rebecca Drolen
Rebecca Drolen, Drainage, Photograph, 2012
When I witnessed Rebecca Drolen's photography in Beautiful/Decay Magazine, I searched high and low and found her teaching young image makers in Nashville, Tennessee. To my delight, she was thrilled to offer our gallery the opportunity to West Coast Premiere her latest work HAIR PIECES. Drolen juxtaposes domestic relics with symbols of beauty and memory to tell a narrative of desire vs shame, life vs death in our relation to body hair. In her own words, these photographs "function as both visual puns and, at times, as social critique." Her portraits are all at once alluring and freakish, causing the viewer to linger and indulge in her curiosities. Rebecca Drolen's images will be on view during our inaugural group exhibit Woman. Hair. Power.
Cover Photo by Rebecca Drolen, Particular Histories: Swept Under the Rug.
Text by Malika Ali.