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HEIRESS is pleased to announce its first show of the year, An Ouroboros of Looking. The exhibition features seven contemporary artists, all of whom make work that engages the cyclical nature of observation and performativity.

The exhibition was conceived after reading an essay by writer and adult performer, Stoya, titled Graphic Depictions, Scene 01. In the essay, Stoya writes about the multiple and varied layers of observation that are inherent to the processes of producing and consuming porn. How, in her words, “each layer of being observed tends to bring an increase in reaction to that …