Painter Christina Quarles on How the Hazy Confusions of Lockdown Inspired Her Latest Show

LACHSA Alumnus Christina Quarles, known for her jumbled-up portraits of intimacy, reflects on the difficulties and opportunities of 2020. The 35-year old artist is known for her jumbled-up portraits of intimacy—arms and legs twisted together, raw canvas commanding viewers to fill in blanks between thick impasto brushstrokes. Looking at them is dizzying, like seeing oneself

By |2020-10-13T17:35:54+00:00October 13th, 2020|Categories: Alumni, Arts Education, LACHSA Alumni, LACHSA student artists, Visual Arts|Tags: , |Comments Off on Painter Christina Quarles on How the Hazy Confusions of Lockdown Inspired Her Latest Show

LACHSA Alum Christina Quarles Paints the Complicated, Intimate Moments When We Feel like Ourselves

See full article by Claire Voon at Artsy Quarles, 35, approaches figuration through a steadfast embrace of ambiguity—a style that has contributed to her fast ascendence as one of the most compelling painters working today. She has been included in major institutional shows from the New Museum’s “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon” in

By |2020-04-21T16:26:33+00:00April 21st, 2020|Categories: Alumni, LACHSA Alumni, Visual Arts|Tags: |Comments Off on LACHSA Alum Christina Quarles Paints the Complicated, Intimate Moments When We Feel like Ourselves
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