Love Sexy at the Drake

P. Elaine Sharpe recently spent a month as
artist-in-residence at the Drake Hotel and created
two bodies of work. For ‘lovesexyhotel’ she
outfitted her room with surveillance equipment and
rented it out to
exhibitionists of all stripes, photographing them
both before and after their hour long adventures.
‘Checked Out’ is a forensic record of the detritus
of ordinary Hotel clients who have moved on; the
aftermath of
soiled linens, unmade beds, room service trays.

Also on display will be an exhibition curated by
Sharpe. ‘Escaping’ pursues ideas of fugitive
geography and features work by Toni Hafkenscheid
(CDA), Anthony Hopewell (UK), Wolfgang Zurborn
(DE), Gina
Glover (UK), Stephen Vaughan (UK), Dinu Li (UK),
Christoph Burtscher (DE).

Curated by Jessica Rose/Drake Hotel