Adam Lavigne              CV

Hamburgers Today

Dragon, Crab, and Turtle is proud to present Adam Lavigne's (b. 1988) debut solo exhibition "Hamburgers Today."   
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The exhibition centers on a seemingly banal food item, the hamburger. These paintings and sculptures of burgers, augmented to permit the proper degree of scrutiny (a few adorned with googly eyes), compel us to recognize that a burger is never just a burger: Objects of everyday life, such as the fast-food sandwich, always exceed their status as given or meaningless. Lavigne's inventive technique for his paintings, assembling his own custom panels and wrapping the canvas by hand, affords no blank space to distract from the subject: The canvas itself takes on the precise shape of a burger. The paintings do not "depict" an image within a larger canvas; the painting itself "is" a burger.

Opens Saturday, November 2, 2024 from 5pm - 7pm at Dragon Crab and Turtle. 2814, Locust Street, St. Louis, Mo 63103

Written by Teddy Duncan Jr.

Exhibition Dates: November 2, 2024 - April 5, 2025

Location: Dragon Crab Turtle