The name — Dr. Lakra — conjures up images of a B-movie mad scientist. The art may be even stranger. Vintage Mexican magazine pinups and luchador photo spreads are the canvas for Dr. Lakra’s dense web of symbols and provocations.
In person, however, the tattoo artist born Jerónimo López Ramírez is small and soft-spoken as he banters with the crew helping him paint a wall-size mural for his first American solo show, “Dr. Lakra,’’ at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
