Erotic Poetry Of Hoog At Montreal Museum

A renowned musician (he led the jazz group The Lounge Lizards), actor (he had starring roles in various films, notably in the Jim Jarmush films Stranger than Paradise and Down By Law, and in the television series Fishing with John) and director, John Lurie is also a visual artist.

Though kept a secret until recently, this latter aspect of his work is no less deeply original and moving. Sex, violence, despair and black humour set the tone. Offshoots of a punk aesthetic, the works brought together here present a dark, anti-conformist and grotesque view of the human condition and nature.

His first exhibition was held in 2004 at New York’s Anton Kern Gallery. In 2006, the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York featured his work in a solo show. The Erotic Poetry of Hoog is his first exhibition in a museum. Born in Minneapolis in 1952, Lurie lives and works in New York. -- www.mmfa.qc.ca