Luke Ivy Price: Salome

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Salome, a body of work composed by Price between 2019 and 2020, is a presentation of painting, sculpture, and drawing that confronts the eponymous story’s rich, yet fraught, written and performed history. Using Oscar Wilde’s 1892 play as a starting point, Price depicts the story of Salome, the princess of Judaea, who pursues, as Price puts it, “an investigation of lust, carelessly pursued and immorally executed.” The exhibition will include a rotating installation on two-week cycles. The artist has arranged his works into three parts that slowly unveil the narrative, a nod to the successive departures that have revolutionized the story of Salome from its sparse biblical source text.