New York Times Highlights Lee Moriarty’s Art In Miami Art Week Piece
Lee Moriarty x New York Times.
On Monday, December 9, the New York Times Style Magazine posted a new piece that highlighted the Miami Art Week convention and the greatest exhibits from it.
The author of the article gave a shoutout to the exhibit from Lee Moriarty and Orange Crush, saying that Moriarty painted “humorous scenes of Lucha Libre wrestlers engaged in mundane tasks”.
Throughout Miami there was a surplus of unremarkable abstraction on view, perhaps a sign that figurative painting — one of contemporary art’s most popular modes over the last decade – is falling out of favor with curators and collectors. But some of my favorite works were portraits. At NADA, Adam Abdalla, a publicist whose firm was doing P.R. for the fair, had a booth for the art and wrestling magazine that he co-founded, Orange Crush. He was showing works by Lee Moriarty, a professional wrestler for AEW, the sport’s second largest promoter in the United States, who painted humorous scenes of Lucha Libre wrestlers engaged in mundane tasks, like manning a barbecue grill. (Moriarty himself was at the booth, carrying his championship belt.)
Furthermore, Orange Crush took to social media to weigh in on the praise from the outlet.
NYT weighs in on Lee Moriarty X Orange Crush!
“But some of my favorite works were portraits…He was showing works by Lee Moriarty….who painted humorous scenes of Lucha Libre wrestlers engaged in mundane tasks, like manning a barbecue grill.”https://t.co/HuBGZsouiO pic.twitter.com/UNxJdMVOTb
— ORANGE CRUSH (@orangecrushart) December 9, 2024
Moriarty last wrestled on December 7, wrestling in a match that was taped for a future episode of ROH On HonorClub. Check out the full taping spoilers by clicking here.
