"After turning heads with his breakout presentation at NADA Miami last winter, Lee Moriarty is stepping back into the spotlight with Balance, his first solo exhibition. Opening September 27 at Night Gallery in Los Angeles and curated by Adam Abdalla, the show marks a striking debut that blurs the lines between performance art, wrestling culture, and personal identity. Through eight new works, Moriarty shifts focus away from the spectacle of the ring and toward the quieter, more vulnerable realities of the luchadores who inhabit it."
"Moriarty's Balance strips away the high-flying bravado typically associated with lucha libre, replacing the flash of the ring with moments of reflection and pause. The works capture luchadores off-duty, away from the crowd, where the performative armor falls away and the individual beneath comes into focus. This tension between persona and person is at the heart of the exhibition - a meditation on what happens when the mask is lifted, if only figuratively."
Balance, a first solo exhibition by Lee Moriarty, opens September 27 at Night Gallery in Los Angeles and is curated by Adam Abdalla. Eight new works shift attention from ring spectacle to quieter, off-duty moments of luchadores, showing vulnerability when performative armor falls away. The pieces draw on Moriarty's experience training in Mexico's technical llave style, providing insider understanding and cultural authenticity. The works explore dualities—armor and vulnerability, spectacle and self, hero and villain—positioning subjects in liminal spaces between performer and private person. The exhibition meditates on identity contradictions and the emotional complexities of wrestling culture.
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