Galleri Urbane will present "Desert Nudes," a solo exhibition of new works by Lorena Lohr.

Lohr’s nude subject is a mysterious primal force, like an archetypal goddess: Gaia of the Desert, Our Lady of Arid Lands. But also a femme fatale: Temptress of the Saloon, Venus of the Motel. The ambivalence of the setting accentuates the unknown. In inhospitable terrain, in remote places her women summon water, holding a glass with a straw or standing before a desert spring.

For more than a decade, Lohr - a British-Canadian artist - has been traveling the American Southwest by bus and train, documenting the fleeting landscapes and the distinct character of the region’s built environment. Lohr’s work takes in a variety of artistic disciplines. As a photographer, she captures everything from motels and bars to parking lots and patches of waste ground, focusing on unexpected and often uncanny aspects of the commonplace and mundane in the places she visits without ironic detachment or comment.

Following the opening reception, the exhibit will be on view through November 8.