Tory Wright: Pleasure Seekers February 14, 2009

Lump Gallery presents 'Pleasure Seekers,' an exhibition of new work by Tory Wright. Wright uses a reductive language to flirt with the viewer's gaze thru an altered surface of advertising. Wright cuts away imagery pulled from luxury item advertising to reveal a new conversation with broad references to the female form. Gucci links, William Morris, art nouveau, tears and textiles intertwine as they overtake the seduction of advertisements used within a consumer culture. Pleasure Seekers includes cut posters, manipulated magazine pages and a lone light box to tell the story of American lust for material gratification.