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Piñata Smashing (F**K CANCER) with Thedra Cullar-Ledford

Friday, Aug. 19, 2016

08:00 PM
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Join artist Thedra Cullar-Ledford at the Opening Reception of her exhibition Lady Part Follies in a participatory performance. Cullar-Ledford will invite a mastectomy survivor, other friends and visitors to take a turn smashing the breast-shaped piñata hanging in her gallery space. The performance is a response to let everyone know how she feels about her breast cancer diagnosis, the choice to have a double mastectomy and live the mantra “flat and fabulous.”

About the Performance

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Thedra Cullar-Ledford was born in Abilene, Texas. She received her B.F.A. in Painting from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1992 and her MA. in Fine Art from Oxford University in the UK in 1994. Her solo exhibitions include Drawing the Eye to Nothingness (2015); Small Stains, Big Problems (2013); Living Dolls (2012); Domicile (2003); Biometrica (2002); Other People's Lives (2000); Encase: To Wrap Up in Something Solid (1998); Contain, Order, Move: The Box as Fundamental Form (1997); and Cradle to the Grave (1993).

Group exhibitions she has participated in include Powerful Babies: Keith Haring's Impact on Artists Today (2015);Confluence (2014); Hullabaloo: Holiday ShaBang(2013); Spring Introduction (2013); 10 Houston Artists: An Invasion of Space for 2011 Contemporary Art Month (2011); H2O Houston to Hyderabad (2011); Five Texas Artists: A Portrait Series (2010); among others.

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