Luisa Rabbia's 'Death&Birth' Cycle Opens at Peter Blum Gallery

Luisa Rabbia's exhibition 'Death&Birth' cycle opens Friday at Peter Blum Gallery. The show features a pair of monumental murals depicting entry and departure moments, complemented by three works from her LingamYoni series. These pieces stand at a relatively modest height of six feet. Rabbia employs a painstaking technique of layered colored pencil strokes that create an eerie glow reminiscent of outer space or the body's inner recesses. Her work balances intimate and sumptuous qualities with Zen and nerdy elements, presenting an existential comment on existence's sublime absurdity. The artist functions as both creator and component within her own visual marvels.