Reba Maybury works as an artist, writer, lecturer, and dominatrix, often conjoining these diverse outputs thematically, economically, and materially. Such is the case in Faster Than An Erection, 2021, an installation developed upon invitation by MACRO in Rome and now reconstructed at Simian. Maybury instructed a local submissive man to leave impressions of his body on the floor. These marks become discernible under a series of UV lights hung from the ceiling at the height of the average Danish man’s penis. They serve as proof and reminder of “invisible” male behaviour and these transactions taking place even in the most pedestrian of places. Maybury’s installation reverses the roles of sex work as well as hegemonic labor and gender dynamics and transfers questions of control and power into an institutional context. Stigmatised activities and tabooed practices are exposed to the public eye and likened to other forms of behaviour, whereby society’s unequal moral evaluation is revealed.
Investigation Desk, Summer/Autumn 2024, 2024, consists of evidence and paraphernalia collected during Maybury’s search for an eligible submissive man to use for the installation’s reconstruction. Considering her work as a dominatrix as related to that of a detective, the artist looks at the often absurd ways entitlement and misogyny live in the minutiae of the everyday. Another new work, Room to Grow, 2024, comprises pencil markings on the wall of Simian’s office showing the heights of the men who work there.
bags, bag of Green M&Ms wrapped in a bow as a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille, ten yellow plastic evidence numbers, Mademoiselle Chair by Starck and Dolce & Gabbana. Variable dimensions. Evidence list: 1. Three submissive pencil drawings of humiliated acoustic guitars, one by ‘Sort Of’ and two by ‘small talker.’ 2. Two photographs of works by a Danish-German male artist displayed and owned by Randers Kunstmuseum of a dead, naked, and heavily mutilated female sex worker in marble taken by Maybury under an illuminated magnifying glass. 3. A submissive’s illegal admission pen on paper. 4. Three watercolour paintings of Mistress Rebecca, My Lady Lucille and The Green M&M with a resin figurine of The Green M&M. 5. One pencil drawing of Maybury a.k.a. Mistress Rebecca, McKenzie a.k.a. McBitch and Groos a.k.a. My Lady Lucille by ‘small talker.’ 6. One pallpoint pen drawing of Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille at Hard Rock Cafe by ‘Sort Of.’ 7. An open LP of the White Album by the Beatles with handheld magnifying glass. The White Album was the favourite album of an unused submissive who was very white. 8. One receipt from Copenhagen’s Hard Rock Cafe, September 2024. 9. One KORG volca sample, a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille. 10. Two photographs of works by a Danish male artist in the public Danish art collection of Randers Kunstmuseum of a naked female child (censored by Maybury) and a photograph of the wall text accompanying the painting describing the child as a woman
bags, bag of Green M&Ms wrapped in a bow as a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille, ten yellow plastic evidence numbers, Mademoiselle Chair by Starck and Dolce & Gabbana. Variable dimensions. Evidence list: 1. Three submissive pencil drawings of humiliated acoustic guitars, one by ‘Sort Of’ and two by ‘small talker.’ 2. Two photographs of works by a Danish-German male artist displayed and owned by Randers Kunstmuseum of a dead, naked, and heavily mutilated female sex worker in marble taken by Maybury under an illuminated magnifying glass. 3. A submissive’s illegal admission pen on paper. 4. Three watercolour paintings of Mistress Rebecca, My Lady Lucille and The Green M&M with a resin figurine of The Green M&M. 5. One pencil drawing of Maybury a.k.a. Mistress Rebecca, McKenzie a.k.a. McBitch and Groos a.k.a. My Lady Lucille by ‘small talker.’ 6. One pallpoint pen drawing of Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille at Hard Rock Cafe by ‘Sort Of.’ 7. An open LP of the White Album by the Beatles with handheld magnifying glass. The White Album was the favourite album of an unused submissive who was very white. 8. One receipt from Copenhagen’s Hard Rock Cafe, September 2024. 9. One KORG volca sample, a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille. 10. Two photographs of works by a Danish male artist in the public Danish art collection of Randers Kunstmuseum of a naked female child (censored by Maybury) and a photograph of the wall text accompanying the painting describing the child as a woman
bags, bag of Green M&Ms wrapped in a bow as a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille, ten yellow plastic evidence numbers, Mademoiselle Chair by Starck and Dolce & Gabbana. Variable dimensions. Evidence list: 1. Three submissive pencil drawings of humiliated acoustic guitars, one by ‘Sort Of’ and two by ‘small talker.’ 2. Two photographs of works by a Danish-German male artist displayed and owned by Randers Kunstmuseum of a dead, naked, and heavily mutilated female sex worker in marble taken by Maybury under an illuminated magnifying glass. 3. A submissive’s illegal admission pen on paper. 4. Three watercolour paintings of Mistress Rebecca, My Lady Lucille and The Green M&M with a resin figurine of The Green M&M. 5. One pencil drawing of Maybury a.k.a. Mistress Rebecca, McKenzie a.k.a. McBitch and Groos a.k.a. My Lady Lucille by ‘small talker.’ 6. One pallpoint pen drawing of Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille at Hard Rock Cafe by ‘Sort Of.’ 7. An open LP of the White Album by the Beatles with handheld magnifying glass. The White Album was the favourite album of an unused submissive who was very white. 8. One receipt from Copenhagen’s Hard Rock Cafe, September 2024. 9. One KORG volca sample, a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille. 10. Two photographs of works by a Danish male artist in the public Danish art collection of Randers Kunstmuseum of a naked female child (censored by Maybury) and a photograph of the wall text accompanying the painting describing the child as a woman
bags, bag of Green M&Ms wrapped in a bow as a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille, ten yellow plastic evidence numbers, Mademoiselle Chair by Starck and Dolce & Gabbana. Variable dimensions. Evidence list: 1. Three submissive pencil drawings of humiliated acoustic guitars, one by ‘Sort Of’ and two by ‘small talker.’ 2. Two photographs of works by a Danish-German male artist displayed and owned by Randers Kunstmuseum of a dead, naked, and heavily mutilated female sex worker in marble taken by Maybury under an illuminated magnifying glass. 3. A submissive’s illegal admission pen on paper. 4. Three watercolour paintings of Mistress Rebecca, My Lady Lucille and The Green M&M with a resin figurine of The Green M&M. 5. One pencil drawing of Maybury a.k.a. Mistress Rebecca, McKenzie a.k.a. McBitch and Groos a.k.a. My Lady Lucille by ‘small talker.’ 6. One pallpoint pen drawing of Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille at Hard Rock Cafe by ‘Sort Of.’ 7. An open LP of the White Album by the Beatles with handheld magnifying glass. The White Album was the favourite album of an unused submissive who was very white. 8. One receipt from Copenhagen’s Hard Rock Cafe, September 2024. 9. One KORG volca sample, a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille. 10. Two photographs of works by a Danish male artist in the public Danish art collection of Randers Kunstmuseum of a naked female child (censored by Maybury) and a photograph of the wall text accompanying the painting describing the child as a woman
bags, bag of Green M&Ms wrapped in a bow as a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille, ten yellow plastic evidence numbers, Mademoiselle Chair by Starck and Dolce & Gabbana. Variable dimensions. Evidence list: 1. Three submissive pencil drawings of humiliated acoustic guitars, one by ‘Sort Of’ and two by ‘small talker.’ 2. Two photographs of works by a Danish-German male artist displayed and owned by Randers Kunstmuseum of a dead, naked, and heavily mutilated female sex worker in marble taken by Maybury under an illuminated magnifying glass. 3. A submissive’s illegal admission pen on paper. 4. Three watercolour paintings of Mistress Rebecca, My Lady Lucille and The Green M&M with a resin figurine of The Green M&M. 5. One pencil drawing of Maybury a.k.a. Mistress Rebecca, McKenzie a.k.a. McBitch and Groos a.k.a. My Lady Lucille by ‘small talker.’ 6. One pallpoint pen drawing of Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille at Hard Rock Cafe by ‘Sort Of.’ 7. An open LP of the White Album by the Beatles with handheld magnifying glass. The White Album was the favourite album of an unused submissive who was very white. 8. One receipt from Copenhagen’s Hard Rock Cafe, September 2024. 9. One KORG volca sample, a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille. 10. Two photographs of works by a Danish male artist in the public Danish art collection of Randers Kunstmuseum of a naked female child (censored by Maybury) and a photograph of the wall text accompanying the painting describing the child as a woman
bags, bag of Green M&Ms wrapped in a bow as a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille, ten yellow plastic evidence numbers, Mademoiselle Chair by Starck and Dolce & Gabbana. Variable dimensions. Evidence list: 1. Three submissive pencil drawings of humiliated acoustic guitars, one by ‘Sort Of’ and two by ‘small talker.’ 2. Two photographs of works by a Danish-German male artist displayed and owned by Randers Kunstmuseum of a dead, naked, and heavily mutilated female sex worker in marble taken by Maybury under an illuminated magnifying glass. 3. A submissive’s illegal admission pen on paper. 4. Three watercolour paintings of Mistress Rebecca, My Lady Lucille and The Green M&M with a resin figurine of The Green M&M. 5. One pencil drawing of Maybury a.k.a. Mistress Rebecca, McKenzie a.k.a. McBitch and Groos a.k.a. My Lady Lucille by ‘small talker.’ 6. One pallpoint pen drawing of Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille at Hard Rock Cafe by ‘Sort Of.’ 7. An open LP of the White Album by the Beatles with handheld magnifying glass. The White Album was the favourite album of an unused submissive who was very white. 8. One receipt from Copenhagen’s Hard Rock Cafe, September 2024. 9. One KORG volca sample, a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille. 10. Two photographs of works by a Danish male artist in the public Danish art collection of Randers Kunstmuseum of a naked female child (censored by Maybury) and a photograph of the wall text accompanying the painting describing the child as a woman
bags, bag of Green M&Ms wrapped in a bow as a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille, ten yellow plastic evidence numbers, Mademoiselle Chair by Starck and Dolce & Gabbana. Variable dimensions. Evidence list: 1. Three submissive pencil drawings of humiliated acoustic guitars, one by ‘Sort Of’ and two by ‘small talker.’ 2. Two photographs of works by a Danish-German male artist displayed and owned by Randers Kunstmuseum of a dead, naked, and heavily mutilated female sex worker in marble taken by Maybury under an illuminated magnifying glass. 3. A submissive’s illegal admission pen on paper. 4. Three watercolour paintings of Mistress Rebecca, My Lady Lucille and The Green M&M with a resin figurine of The Green M&M. 5. One pencil drawing of Maybury a.k.a. Mistress Rebecca, McKenzie a.k.a. McBitch and Groos a.k.a. My Lady Lucille by ‘small talker.’ 6. One pallpoint pen drawing of Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille at Hard Rock Cafe by ‘Sort Of.’ 7. An open LP of the White Album by the Beatles with handheld magnifying glass. The White Album was the favourite album of an unused submissive who was very white. 8. One receipt from Copenhagen’s Hard Rock Cafe, September 2024. 9. One KORG volca sample, a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille. 10. Two photographs of works by a Danish male artist in the public Danish art collection of Randers Kunstmuseum of a naked female child (censored by Maybury) and a photograph of the wall text accompanying the painting describing the child as a woman
bags, bag of Green M&Ms wrapped in a bow as a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille, ten yellow plastic evidence numbers, Mademoiselle Chair by Starck and Dolce & Gabbana. Variable dimensions. Evidence list: 1. Three submissive pencil drawings of humiliated acoustic guitars, one by ‘Sort Of’ and two by ‘small talker.’ 2. Two photographs of works by a Danish-German male artist displayed and owned by Randers Kunstmuseum of a dead, naked, and heavily mutilated female sex worker in marble taken by Maybury under an illuminated magnifying glass. 3. A submissive’s illegal admission pen on paper. 4. Three watercolour paintings of Mistress Rebecca, My Lady Lucille and The Green M&M with a resin figurine of The Green M&M. 5. One pencil drawing of Maybury a.k.a. Mistress Rebecca, McKenzie a.k.a. McBitch and Groos a.k.a. My Lady Lucille by ‘small talker.’ 6. One pallpoint pen drawing of Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille at Hard Rock Cafe by ‘Sort Of.’ 7. An open LP of the White Album by the Beatles with handheld magnifying glass. The White Album was the favourite album of an unused submissive who was very white. 8. One receipt from Copenhagen’s Hard Rock Cafe, September 2024. 9. One KORG volca sample, a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille. 10. Two photographs of works by a Danish male artist in the public Danish art collection of Randers Kunstmuseum of a naked female child (censored by Maybury) and a photograph of the wall text accompanying the painting describing the child as a woman
bags, bag of Green M&Ms wrapped in a bow as a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille, ten yellow plastic evidence numbers, Mademoiselle Chair by Starck and Dolce & Gabbana. Variable dimensions. Evidence list: 1. Three submissive pencil drawings of humiliated acoustic guitars, one by ‘Sort Of’ and two by ‘small talker.’ 2. Two photographs of works by a Danish-German male artist displayed and owned by Randers Kunstmuseum of a dead, naked, and heavily mutilated female sex worker in marble taken by Maybury under an illuminated magnifying glass. 3. A submissive’s illegal admission pen on paper. 4. Three watercolour paintings of Mistress Rebecca, My Lady Lucille and The Green M&M with a resin figurine of The Green M&M. 5. One pencil drawing of Maybury a.k.a. Mistress Rebecca, McKenzie a.k.a. McBitch and Groos a.k.a. My Lady Lucille by ‘small talker.’ 6. One pallpoint pen drawing of Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille at Hard Rock Cafe by ‘Sort Of.’ 7. An open LP of the White Album by the Beatles with handheld magnifying glass. The White Album was the favourite album of an unused submissive who was very white. 8. One receipt from Copenhagen’s Hard Rock Cafe, September 2024. 9. One KORG volca sample, a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille. 10. Two photographs of works by a Danish male artist in the public Danish art collection of Randers Kunstmuseum of a naked female child (censored by Maybury) and a photograph of the wall text accompanying the painting describing the child as a woman
bags, bag of Green M&Ms wrapped in a bow as a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille, ten yellow plastic evidence numbers, Mademoiselle Chair by Starck and Dolce & Gabbana. Variable dimensions. Evidence list: 1. Three submissive pencil drawings of humiliated acoustic guitars, one by ‘Sort Of’ and two by ‘small talker.’ 2. Two photographs of works by a Danish-German male artist displayed and owned by Randers Kunstmuseum of a dead, naked, and heavily mutilated female sex worker in marble taken by Maybury under an illuminated magnifying glass. 3. A submissive’s illegal admission pen on paper. 4. Three watercolour paintings of Mistress Rebecca, My Lady Lucille and The Green M&M with a resin figurine of The Green M&M. 5. One pencil drawing of Maybury a.k.a. Mistress Rebecca, McKenzie a.k.a. McBitch and Groos a.k.a. My Lady Lucille by ‘small talker.’ 6. One pallpoint pen drawing of Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille at Hard Rock Cafe by ‘Sort Of.’ 7. An open LP of the White Album by the Beatles with handheld magnifying glass. The White Album was the favourite album of an unused submissive who was very white. 8. One receipt from Copenhagen’s Hard Rock Cafe, September 2024. 9. One KORG volca sample, a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille. 10. Two photographs of works by a Danish male artist in the public Danish art collection of Randers Kunstmuseum of a naked female child (censored by Maybury) and a photograph of the wall text accompanying the painting describing the child as a woman
bags, bag of Green M&Ms wrapped in a bow as a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille, ten yellow plastic evidence numbers, Mademoiselle Chair by Starck and Dolce & Gabbana. Variable dimensions. Evidence list: 1. Three submissive pencil drawings of humiliated acoustic guitars, one by ‘Sort Of’ and two by ‘small talker.’ 2. Two photographs of works by a Danish-German male artist displayed and owned by Randers Kunstmuseum of a dead, naked, and heavily mutilated female sex worker in marble taken by Maybury under an illuminated magnifying glass. 3. A submissive’s illegal admission pen on paper. 4. Three watercolour paintings of Mistress Rebecca, My Lady Lucille and The Green M&M with a resin figurine of The Green M&M. 5. One pencil drawing of Maybury a.k.a. Mistress Rebecca, McKenzie a.k.a. McBitch and Groos a.k.a. My Lady Lucille by ‘small talker.’ 6. One pallpoint pen drawing of Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille at Hard Rock Cafe by ‘Sort Of.’ 7. An open LP of the White Album by the Beatles with handheld magnifying glass. The White Album was the favourite album of an unused submissive who was very white. 8. One receipt from Copenhagen’s Hard Rock Cafe, September 2024. 9. One KORG volca sample, a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille. 10. Two photographs of works by a Danish male artist in the public Danish art collection of Randers Kunstmuseum of a naked female child (censored by Maybury) and a photograph of the wall text accompanying the painting describing the child as a woman
bags, bag of Green M&Ms wrapped in a bow as a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille, ten yellow plastic evidence numbers, Mademoiselle Chair by Starck and Dolce & Gabbana. Variable dimensions. Evidence list: 1. Three submissive pencil drawings of humiliated acoustic guitars, one by ‘Sort Of’ and two by ‘small talker.’ 2. Two photographs of works by a Danish-German male artist displayed and owned by Randers Kunstmuseum of a dead, naked, and heavily mutilated female sex worker in marble taken by Maybury under an illuminated magnifying glass. 3. A submissive’s illegal admission pen on paper. 4. Three watercolour paintings of Mistress Rebecca, My Lady Lucille and The Green M&M with a resin figurine of The Green M&M. 5. One pencil drawing of Maybury a.k.a. Mistress Rebecca, McKenzie a.k.a. McBitch and Groos a.k.a. My Lady Lucille by ‘small talker.’ 6. One pallpoint pen drawing of Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille at Hard Rock Cafe by ‘Sort Of.’ 7. An open LP of the White Album by the Beatles with handheld magnifying glass. The White Album was the favourite album of an unused submissive who was very white. 8. One receipt from Copenhagen’s Hard Rock Cafe, September 2024. 9. One KORG volca sample, a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille. 10. Two photographs of works by a Danish male artist in the public Danish art collection of Randers Kunstmuseum of a naked female child (censored by Maybury) and a photograph of the wall text accompanying the painting describing the child as a woman
bags, bag of Green M&Ms wrapped in a bow as a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille, ten yellow plastic evidence numbers, Mademoiselle Chair by Starck and Dolce & Gabbana. Variable dimensions. Evidence list: 1. Three submissive pencil drawings of humiliated acoustic guitars, one by ‘Sort Of’ and two by ‘small talker.’ 2. Two photographs of works by a Danish-German male artist displayed and owned by Randers Kunstmuseum of a dead, naked, and heavily mutilated female sex worker in marble taken by Maybury under an illuminated magnifying glass. 3. A submissive’s illegal admission pen on paper. 4. Three watercolour paintings of Mistress Rebecca, My Lady Lucille and The Green M&M with a resin figurine of The Green M&M. 5. One pencil drawing of Maybury a.k.a. Mistress Rebecca, McKenzie a.k.a. McBitch and Groos a.k.a. My Lady Lucille by ‘small talker.’ 6. One pallpoint pen drawing of Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille at Hard Rock Cafe by ‘Sort Of.’ 7. An open LP of the White Album by the Beatles with handheld magnifying glass. The White Album was the favourite album of an unused submissive who was very white. 8. One receipt from Copenhagen’s Hard Rock Cafe, September 2024. 9. One KORG volca sample, a gift to Mistress Rebecca and My Lady Lucille. 10. Two photographs of works by a Danish male artist in the public Danish art collection of Randers Kunstmuseum of a naked female child (censored by Maybury) and a photograph of the wall text accompanying the painting describing the child as a woman
