Comedy Show, 2023 - Luke Haeger
Luke Haeger
Comedy Show, 2023
Ink and pencil on Chateau Marmont stationery
Approx. 11.5 × 8.5 in (29.2 × 21.6 cm)
Unique work
With Comedy Show (2023), Luke Haeger turns a page of Chateau Marmont stationery into a site of quiet tension and abstract reflection. Drawn in ink and pencil, the work pairs gestural marks with structural suggestion—suggesting stage, script, or score without revealing the full performance.
The title evokes entertainment, but Haeger’s approach is more oblique than overt—transforming the idea of comedy into something fragmented, existential, and open-ended. Scribbled notations and hovering forms echo the rhythms of improvisation, while the stationery’s printed header grounds the piece in a place of cultural myth.
At 11.5 × 8.5 inches, Comedy Show reads like a page pulled from a personal archive—part drawing, part document, part prompt. A singular and poetic work that captures Haeger’s ability to blend atmosphere, artifact, and conceptual intrigue.