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Rituals of kinship, discipline & survival with Matthew Lax’s explorations of dog breeding & puppy play kink

, 6 June 2022
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A TIRED DOG IS A GOOD DOG, PART ONE, a solo exhibition by Matthew Lax, was on at Chicago’s table, running April 29 to July 2.

Matthew Lax, TIRED DOG IS A GOOD DOG, PART ONE (2022). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + table, Chicago.

With an experimental film and mixed media works, the artist works with his Collie-breeding parents, dog trainers, as well as members of the puppy play kink community, to explore notions kinship, discipline and survival. As noted in the press text: “Lax explores the rituals by which humans tame and use animals to mitigate disaster and themselves.”**

Matthew Lax’s A TIRED DOG IS A GOOD DOG, PART ONE, was on at table, Chicago, running April 29 to July 2, 2022.

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