Dozens of visual artists showcase queer love in group exhibition
Feb 18 - Apr 6, 2023
New York, NY
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“Queer Love: Affection and Romance in Contemporary Art” is an exhibition in two locations: the Lehman College Art Gallery, in the Bronx, and La MaMa Galleria, in the East Village. It is a group show of the works of over four dozen LGBTQI+ visual artists in a wide range of media, from painting to digital.
“This is the first queer-themed group exhibition in the history of the Lehman College Art Gallery, which was founded in 1984,” said gallery director Bartholomew Bland, explaining that the genesis of the show was an “open forum at Lehman to discuss broadly how to better serve the LGBTQ community on campus.”
One might ask the question, “What makes love queer?” Well, nothing, as the recently popularized phraseology, “Love is Love” goes. But, not everybody gets to get this unconditional affirmation of their desires and intimacies.
“Everyone wants to experience love of some form in their lives — that is the universal,” said Bland, describing the show’s curatorial mission. “There are certainly a multitude of queer stories to tell, but, particularly, since Lehman serves college-age students, many of whom are finding their way, or contemplating their relationships, we wanted to create a show that was both beautiful and affirming.”
The show includes painting by Vincent Chong and Cobi Moules, silkscreens by Gabriel García Román, murals by Tura Oliveira, textile wall hanging from Christy Gast, digital art by gggrimes, and more.
Photographers Elliott Jerome Brown, Jr., Rakeem Cunningham, Clifford Prince King, and Paul Mpagi Sepuya explore the body in images that sometimes involve their own physicality as Black gay men.
Pioneering lesbian photographers Barbara Hammer and Catherine Opie are placed in conversation with their inheritresses Lizzie Alexandra, Lex Barberio, and Sophie Schwartz.
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