9.14.2024 – 10.19.2024
Page Person
100% Person
NOON Projects is honored to present "100% Person," a collection of oil paintings by Page Person, opening on September 14, 2024. This solo exhibition marks a pivotal moment in the artist's career, following her recent inclusion in Made in LA at the Hammer Museum in 2023.
"100% Person” presents a series of paintings that stem from a performance, (2023) where Person tattooed the word "PERSON" on their body. By repeatedly placing "PERSON" on her body, she asserts ownership of her identity, transforming it into a mantra that insists on the undeniable humanity of trans bodies and punctuates any challenge to her personhood. Functioning as both literal and metaphorical scaffolding, Person's tattooed figure builds on her earlier exploration of the surfaces and artifices of drag while shifting the focus to reveal the individual beneath.
Capturing the rawness and authenticity of the human form, Person’s paintings are brought to life with minimal editing and a wet-on-wet impasto technique inviting viewers to peel back the layers and engage with the complex realities of identity and embodiment.“100% PERSON” pushes the boundaries of how trans bodies are perceived, placing Person’s work firmly within the historical context of figurative painting in a powerful and unapologetic way.
About Page Person:
Page Person (born 1972, Atlanta, Georgia) is an artist, educator, performer, and storyteller. After coming out as trans, she experienced alienation from the art world spaces where she had exhibited for a decades.
In 2017, Person began performing in drag under the name “Page Person,” participating in Los Angeles drag nights and events. Her ongoing project revolves around the deceptively simple statement, “I AM A PERSON.” As she explains in her artist’s statement, this assertion of her humanity is central to her work, where she frequently emphasizes the name “PERSON” in all caps as a bold compositional element in both her paintings and costumes.
When Person returned to making works on canvas in 2020, she discovered that creating paintings and designing gowns felt interchangeable. As she continues to work across various mediums, the boundaries between genres have increasingly blurred. Person’s practice embodies her mission to bring drag into art spaces and art into drag spaces.
Person has exhibited nationally and internationally for 30 years, including exhibitions at Peres Projects in Berlin, Human Resources in Los Angeles, and Jeffrey Deitch in New York. She was recently featured in “Acts of Living,” the 2023 Made in LA: Acts of Living at the Hammer Museum. Her works are held in numerous collections globally, including MoMA in New York, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and MOCA in Los Angeles. Person lives and works in Los Angeles.
Exhibition
Opening
September 14, 2024
6–9 PM
On View Through October 19, 2024
Artist Talk: October 5, 2024 4 PM
Opening
September 14, 2024
6–9 PM
On View Through October 19, 2024
Artist Talk: October 5, 2024 4 PM
