Dr Lakra
Jerónimo López Ramírez (born 1972), known as Dr Lakra, is a Mexican artist and tattooist based in Oaxaca. He has shown work internationally in exhibitions including at Tate Modern[1] and Barbican Centre[2] in London, Drawing Center in New York City,[3] Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca in Mexico, and Yokohama Museum of Art in Japan.[citation needed] His works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Hammer Museum and Walker Art Center.
Work[edit]
Apart from tattooing, his art involves embellishing found images and objects—for instance, dolls, old medical illustrations, and pictures in 1950s Mexican magazines—with macabre or tattoo-style designs.[4]
Family[edit]
He is the son of the graphic artist Francisco Toledo[5] and Elisa Ramírez Castañeda, a Mexican anthropologist and poet. He is also the brother of Natalia Toledo (poet) and Laureana Toledo (artist).[6]
Publications[edit]
- Los Dos Amigos (2007) – with Abraham Cruzvillegas
Exhibitions/projects[edit]
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- 1993 Dr Lakra, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin
- 2005 Los Dos Amigos, Dr. Lakra & Abraham Cruzvillegas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO), Oaxaca, Mexico
- 2010 Dr Lakra, The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, MA
- 2011 Dr Lakra, Amparo Museum (museo Amparo), Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
- 2011 Dr Lakra, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey (MARCO) Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
- 2012 Mexican Demons and Dancing Skeletons, Holstebro Art Museum, Denmark
Group exhibitions[edit]
- Stolen Bike, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City
- Pin Up: Contemporary Collage and Drawing, Tate Modern, London, December – January 2005[1]
- Pierced Hearts and True Love, Drawing Center, New York City[3]
- Goth: Reality of the Departed World, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, 2008, curated by Eriko Kimura
- Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector, Barbican Centre, London, February–May 2015[7]
Collections[edit]
Dr Lakra's work is held in the following permanent collections:
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Pin-Up: Contemporary Collage and Drawing – Press Release". Tate. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "London Diary - Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector at Barbican". The Culturist. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ a b "A Tattoo Master, Off the Street, Into the Gallery". The New York Times. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ Dr Lakra, review at BBC
- ^ Alumnos amagan con ´tomar´ la Universidad de Oaxaca Archived 2013-12-14 at the Wayback Machine, Jorge Octavio Ochoa, El Universal, 21 September 2006
- ^ Biography of Dr. Lakra at Artspawn, Artspawn
- ^ "'Magnificent Obsessions', magnificent show". Apollo Magazine. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "The Collection | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ "Press release, hammer.ucla.edu". Archived from the original on May 25, 2008.
- ^ "Acquisitions and Gifts: Walker Art Center Annual Report 2005-2006". annualreport.walkerart.org.
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