Contemporary Queer Photography

Press release Karina Cass Cedar Rapids, IA by Molly Landreth EXHIBITION i Seattle, USA “Author and Subject: Contemporary Queer Photography Artists: Adrain Chesser, Kelli Connell, Katie Koti, Molly Landreth, Steven Miller, Rafael Soldi, Chad States, Lorenzo Triburgo, Amelia Tovey, Sophia Wallace Exhibition Dates: April 6th-May 27th 2012 Artists’ Reception: April…

What is Gay/Queer Art?

Documentary published by Genesis Crespo at Vimeo A group of young people are interviewed about being gay and making art. The questions are: What does Queer/Gay Art mean to you? How often does your sexuality influence your work? Let’s say in the near future, an article stated your name than…

AURORA REINHARD PERFECT – Meet Aurora Reinhard

Press Release Press photo – Brown haired girl by Aurora Reinhard – courtesy of the artist and Showroom Helsinki MEET THE ARTIST Meet Aurora Reinhard at the exhibition on Sunday March 25, 1-3pm at SHOWROOM HELSINKI, Helsinki, Finland. Aurora Reinhard is known for her controversial work exploring the tensions and structures…

A Tour of Nicole Eisenman’s Home

Video: ‘Style: Surviving a Gut Renovation’ published by nytimes.com/video Last year the queer artist Nicole Eisenman and her wife Victoria Robinson gave The New York Times a guided tour of their newly renovated home in USA.

Cape Town TV: Isilumo siyaluma by Zanele Muholi

CTV News Bulletin of November 17, 2011. Topic: Lesbian artist Zanele Muholi uses menstruation as a medium to tell the story of black lesbians in South Africa. Visual artist and queer activist Zanele Muholi, South Africa was interviewed by Cape Town TV about her latest exhibition Isilumo siyaluma (Period Pains)….

Homotopia presents Pin Ups a Queer Art Show

Promotional video – Homotopia Festival presents the exhibtion Pin Ups Pin Ups consists of a selection of new and existing portraits from Sadie Lee and Matthew Stradling exploring the idea of queer icons and inspired by the eponymous David Bowie album. In this video curator James Lawler and the out…

GFEST 2011 – 2 Minutes of Creativity: Bridget Orlando

GFEST 2011 – “2 Minutes of Creativity” chat with artist Bridget Orlando. Bridget Orland is talking with Artistic director of GFEST Niranjan Kamatkar Bridget Orlando is working on a body of work about the ways people present themselves and our assumptions as well. One of her paintings was selected for…

Zanele Muholi: Isilumo Siyaluma – Periods of Pain

Isilumo siyaluma, zulu expression which means period pains, as we continue to live and survive in troubled times as black lesbians in South Africa and within the continent. Visual artist Zanele Muholi explains her queer art project “Isilumo siyaluma” to Toxic Lesbian, Madrid, Spain. Related Links Zanele Muholi’s online portfolio…

CABELLO / CARCELLER “Off escena: Si yo fuera…”

CABELLO / CARCELLER “Off escena: Si yo fuera…” (Off Escena: If I Were…) from Matadero Madrid on Vimeo. Art Project of view “Off Escena: Si yo fuera…”, Madrid 2011 : “A scaffold and wood structure inhabits the old cold storage of Matadero Madrid. A graffiti, “Ask and tell”, dominates a…

Artist Talk: Molly Landreth, USA

Queer Photographer Molly Landreth was interviewed about her exhibtion Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America at the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado, USA, September 2011. This summer Molly Landreth has launched a new website about the project Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America, which…

Artist Talk: Tejal Shah at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Forum

In conjunction with the exhibition Global Feminisms, feminist artists from more than fifty countries discussed or performed their works in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Forum. These artist talks took place during the Center’s opening weekend March 23-25, 2007. Video courtesy of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation….

British Painter Maggi Hambling

Maggie Hambling (born 1945) is a British painter, sculptor and queer woman. Maggi Hambling CBE discusses and reveals new work in this short documentary filmed in her London studio.

Lesbian Art Herstory: Lesbians Seeing Lesbians

Lesbians Seeing Lesbians: building community in early feminist photography
focuses on three of the most prominent photographers of this early generation: Tee A. Corinne (1943-2006: St. Petersburg, Florida), JEB (Joan E. Biren, b.1944: Washington D.C.), and Cathy Cade (b.1942: Honolulu, Hawaii). And the works of contemporary lesbian photographers: Cass Bird, Angela Jimenez, Zanele Muholi and Catherine Opie.

South Africa: ANTI-CENSORSHIP

Activist and visual artist Zanele Muholi has send the article ANTI-CENSORSHIP, which was published in the Sunday Tribune, South Africa, July 2011. Sunday Tribune’s Vivian Attwood quotes activist, black lesbian and photographer Zanele Muholi who talked about her work as a visual activist:  ‘I am an activist before I am…

San Francisco: Artist Talk with Lenore Chinn

Gallery 1307 and Lenore Chinn cordially invites you to our First Round of Artist Talks. July 28 2011 7:00 pm at Gallery 1307 Lenore Chinn queer artist and author speaks about her long artistic career, art today and her new book: Cultural Confluences.