American Cuck M. Lamar
About This Show
American Cuck seeks to place this alt-right obsession with cuckolding into historical context and to explore the ways in which this newest version of an antique narrative serves as a variation on a formative theme necessary for the country’s self-identity. Any rupture in the dominant masques of the plantation fantasy sends the entire republic into crisis. Such ruptures and crises are the focus — and the goal of this piece.
“Mr. Lamar plumbs the depths of all-American trauma with visionary verve.” – The New York Times
about the artist
M. Lamar is a composer who works across opera, metal, performance, video, sculpture and installation to craft sprawling narratives of radical becomings. Lamar holds a BFA from The San Francisco Art Institute and attended the Yale School of Art, sculpture program, before dropping out to pursue music. Lamar’s work has been presented internationally, most recently at Old First Church San Francisco,The Meet Factory in Prague, The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, National Sawdust New York, The Kitchen New York, MoMa PS1’s Greater New York, Merkin Hall among other venues.
Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 9:00pm
General Admission
$15 in advance
$18 at the door
Stu./Sen./idNYC
$12 in advance
$15 at the door
70 minutes
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Credits
Art Direction & live video design by
Sabin Calvert
Photo credit:
Wil Adamy