BLUM presents the release of My Hellmouth: the first comprehensive monograph on the work of artist Lauren Quin.

Quin will be joined by artist and writer, Juliana Halpert, for a conversation at 7 p.m., followed by a reception.

Please note: seating for the discussion will be limited, and will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The paintings of Los Angeles–based artist Lauren Quin have mesmerized audiences with their electric colors and pulsating lines. Her compositions contain an intricate language of overlapping shapes (most recently, Légeresque tubes), engendering a dizzying multitude of compositional center points. Each painting features motifs—spider, needle, sun—which she then transfers onto the canvas through a monoprint technique. 

My Hellmouth is the first comprehensive monograph on Quin, accompanying her 2023 solo exhibition at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. Featuring a foreword by Nerman director JoAnne Northrup, essays by art historian Fanny Singer and artist and writer Juliana Halpert, and an interview with the artist by curator Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, My Hellmouth also provides insight into Quin's artistic process. 

Lauren Quin (b. 1992, Los Angeles, CA) lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. She holds an MFA from the Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions including her first US museum show My Hellmouth, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS (2023); Sagittal Fours, Pond Society, Shanghai, China (2022); and Pulse Train Howl, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA (2022). Her work is held in numerous public collections, including the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; Long Museum, Shanghai, China; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS; Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; and Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China. 

Juliana Halpert is a writer and artist living in Los Angeles. She has written for Aperture, Art in America, Artforum, Bookforum, e-flux Criticism, Frieze, and X-TRA, among other publications.