Upcoming Exhibition

Exhibition Statement

“When I Was A Boy”
Vi!K & Cheapwork
October 10th – October 30th, 2026

Opening Reception
Saturday, October 10th
Running 6pm - 9pm
Beer while supplies last.

In the midst of fascist right-wing nationalism, global misinformation, and extreme censorship of genocide(s), solidarity among working-class people living in the United States remains uncertain. For a while now, there has existed a heightened awareness of the injustices within the systems in place, but tangible change has been met with displaced aggression. So, can we collectively break these cycles by observing them? These selections of documentary film photographs by Vi!K and CHEAPWORK ground us in often-overlooked moments of our active struggle and resistance.

Vi!K is an anonymous lens-based artist based in ███ ████, primarily working with infrared film to blend the f*cked state of the world together, scaling from domestic militarized state violence to ephemeral everyday moments. The infrared spectrum renders it all the same and “anew,” working between the tonal memory of what happened and the visceral, raw surveillance image to create another look at the state of it all.

CHEAPWORK is a film photographer born and raised in the Bronx. They document the punk, noise, and other music scenes in New York (and anywhere else you want to fly them out). Their work is about archiving a piece of New York that is ever-evolving. They’re currently buried under a bunch of ideas they want to bring to life for the world to see.

Lucy Rosa Blanca, the curator, is a trans-femme Latin(e) interdisciplinary artist from Miami, who grew up between Uruguay and the U.S. and is based in New York. She works primarily in performance and occasionally incorporates writing, audiovisual, and curatorial practices. She has exhibited and curated work in venues across the U.S., South America, and Berlin.

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Publication

Current Exhibition

Exhibition Statement

Bucked Up is a pre-workout supplement that contains deer antler velvet extract. Some of the Bucked Up products are prohibited by the US Department of Defense.

Mramor uses a camera, printer, paint, and poetry to explore imagery, voyeurism, and cruising culture. Tattoos of animals on bodies leave the skin and take on life. He’s someone who stares too long. Drawn to animal tattoos. A snake on the arm, a bat on the ankle, a buck across the chest. What does it say? Can you really live up to the animal? Some of the images are taken in secret, on the subway or at the gym. For others, a conversation is had and the model becomes aware. Mramor prints the photos and paints on top of them. Touching the skin not only with his eyes but now with brushes. Beating the skin. Favoring Fauvism over color correction. A dictation from a broken printer.

Along with these tattoo images Mramor is exploring past and present cruising spots. He visits locations that once served as places to pick up other people for sexual encounters. Places documented by artists like Alvin Baltrop at the Piers and Arthur Tress at The Ramble. Mramor presents the paintings as both archives and depictions of their current state. Spaces much like the paintings, places to explore — paint, color, weight, mark.

A companion to the exhibition Mramor has put together a book published by Raw Meat called Bucked Up. This book includes poetry Mramor penned during the creation of these paintings. He uses words like paint. Immediate. Scroll, scroll, scroll. Stimulation. Like, like, like. Over stimulation. Make me young. Bucked Up! Oh God, I am so Bucked Up!

David Mramor was born in rural Ohio, outside Cleveland. Currently he lives and works in New York City.

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