Kei Kusuma’s ‘ULTRABLACK’ Lights Sin City Gallery’s Way Forward
In April 2016, Sin City Gallery presented Immersive, an ambitious art show that filled not only Sin City’s Arts Factory space but the parking lot outside. The event’s eye-catching poster featured a Kei Kesuma work titled “Spoiled Ram”—a striking ink-and-paper illustration of a wide-eyed woman emerging from a wall of black flowers, a grinning animal […]
The 705 Erogenous Zone: Art Installation by Aaron Sheppard
THE 705 EROGENOUS ZONE by Aaron Sheppard is an art installation that has transformed The 705 (previously the Veteran of Foreign Wars Building) located at 705 Las Vegas Boulevard North, across the street from the Neon Museum in Las Vegas. THE 705 EROGENOUS ZONE is a vibrant homage to the incredible arts and cultural institutions located in […]
Bend Your Mind With Aaron Sheppard
Fragmenting static ideas of sexuality and gender identity, he uses his own body and image as subject repeatedly. Aaron layers this syntax with motifs from diverse sources including 20th century art, erotica, literature, mythology, popular culture, folktales and religion. The oeuvre may be seen as delightfully exhibitionist because it is constantly seems engaged in the […]
Freedom and Fluidity: The Art of Aaron Sheppard
These are inarguably sensitive times. Reality swims in a turbulent fluidity. A misstep in labels or language is a grave error, even when the rules are being written and rewritten in real time — but somewhere there’s gotta be a moment where poetic ambiguity can safely flow. In artist Aaron Sheppard’s statement for his exhibit […]
One Sexologist’s Quest to Stimulate the Las Vegas Art Scene
“If there’s still a taboo around erotic art in Las Vegas, rest assured: Dr. Laura Henkel is breaking it. The curator and specialist in human sexuality helms the Sin City Gallery, which is preparing for an upcoming show of Hajime Sorayama paintings. She also runs 12 Inches of Sin, an annual juried erotic art exhibition. […]
12 Inches of Sin Books | Barnes and Noble
We are happy to announce that the 12 Inches of Sin book series will be carried at Barnes and Noble. We wish to congratulate all the artists who participate in the international juried art exhibition!
12 Inches of Sin | Vegas Rated Magazine
“Sin City Gallery’s annual juried art show of erotic art always provokes and inspires, but this year, is doing so on an unparalleled scale. Gallerist Laura Henkel has promised a selection of not only the winners of the competition, but the runners-up.” ~ Geoff Carter/Vegas Rated Magazine > Read More
Modern Provocateur Manifesto
If you have had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Laura or have heard her on the radio, you know she isn’t all that fond of the term ‘erotic art’ because of the negative response most people have to it, as well as being an incredibly stale reference. Dr. Laura has co-authored a manifesto with […]
Day of the Provocateur
“Henkel, and Sin City, always seem to make a big impact. The 12 Inches show, now in its sixth year, draws hundreds of submissions. Last year she crowd-funded four books of art compiled from past 12 Inches shows; the fifth book comes out this year. Now, the gallerist is taking a shrewdly calculated big chance […]
