King's Leap

Presentation Details
King’s Leap will present the noirish interior scenes of Michelle Uckotter. Devoid of human presence or inhabited by sultry femme fatales, the confined spaces she invents appear ominously close to collapse. Uckotter’s unsettling narratives are vividly cinematic yet mysterious, with a lineage derived from the paintings of Francis Bacon, erotic doll photographs of Hans Bellmer, and the haunted-house horror of The Shining or Resident Evil video games. They are at once sinister and consciously camp, playing upon the fantasies and clichés of the genre with humorous intent. The gallery has commissioned curator and critic Alan Longino to write a new text responding to Uckotter’s presentation at Independent.

About the Gallery
King's Leap is a gallery based in Chinatown, New York. Founded in 2017, the gallery specializes in emerging art, spanning the mediums of painting, sculpture and conceptual art.