It’s Trans Awareness Week. I’m really excited to share that my portraits of trans men are part of the exhibition QUEER-ISH curated by @kengonzalesday. at @ruthchandlerwilliamsongallery - I think of these portraits as new icons of idealized beauty and also gender activism. And this entire exhibition curated by Ken is EPIC. 🩷🩷🩷🩷 QUEER-ISH! Laura Aguilar, Ohan Breiding, #BruceofLosAngeles, @castrrick , Claude Cahun,Tammy Rae Carland, @zackarydrucker & @rhysernst, Ken Gonzales-Day, John K. Hillers, Taizo Kato, Molly Landreth, Bob Mizer, Pierre Molinier, Catherine Opie @csopie, @pau_s_pescador, Marcel Pardo Ariza. @anniesprinkled , Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden, Austin Young are among the artists included.
The exhibition showcases almost 100 historic vernacular photographs highlighting moments of same-sex affection, as well as more than 40 contemporary photographs, primarily by LGBTQ+ artists.
“We are thrilled to present this exhibition at this moment,” said Erin M. Curtis, Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Director of the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. “The struggle for LGBTQ+ equality continues, with many lawmakers attempting to turn back the clock on decades of progress. Recent estimates suggest that a vast majority of those who identify as LGBTQ+ globally feel compelled to conceal their identities. We want to provide a space that celebrates LGBTQ+ identity and its myriad expressions.”
“Queer-ish” highlights Gonzales-Day’s personal collection of 19th- and 20th-century vernacular photographs—snapshots of everyday life and subjects—depicting people who may have identified as LGBTQ+. These images encourage viewers to consider the link between photography, representatio
n and LGBTQ+ communities, as well as the role of photographs in shaping notions of queer identity and what Gonzales-Day calls the “queer imaginary,” a critical space he describes as “exploratory, precarious, celebratory, potentially unseen and subject to change.”
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