Queer Feminist Art Worldwide
Isilumo siyaluma is a Zulu expression that can be loosely translated as “period pains/ periods pain”. Additionally, there is an added meaning in the translation that there is something secretive in and about this blood/“period in time.”
At one level, my project deals with my own menstrual blood, with that secretive, feminine time of the month that has been reduced within Western patriarchal culture as dirty.
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…
The show Pin Ups is a selection of new and existing portraits by both artists exploring the idea of queer icons and inspired by the eponymous David Bowie album.
Lenore Chinn on Bernice Bing from Rehistoricizing.org on Vimeo. Bernice Bing (1936-1998) a Chinese American Painter and Queer Artist Bernice Bing was a third-generation American Chinese born in Chinatown, San Francisco in 1936. In 1958, Bernice attended California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, but she soon transferred to…
Video trailer about Man As Object: Reversing the Gaze Art Exhibition by SOMarts, San Francisco, USA Man As Object: Reversing the Gaze Art Exhibition November 4-30, 2011 Events include: peepshow drawing circle, performance, film screening, and featured artist panel Venue: SOMarts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan st. (Between 8th & 9th…
Lesbian Art Herstory: Claude Cahun
Video (7:32): Slideshow with works by Hanna Höch. [The copyright of the video above remains with the original holder and it is used here for the purpose of education, comparison and criticism only.] Art Herstory: German bisexual artist Hannah Höch (1889-1978) is best known for her photomontages, though she also…
Exposure – Edmonton’s Queer Arts and Culture Festival presents: Making It As An Artist: Career Tips & Tricks Featuring Kirsten McCrea & a Selected Panel of Successful Artists Date: October 23, 2011 Time: 5-7pm Venue: HIV Edmonton Gallery 9702 111 Ave. (Old Nina Haggerty Building) Edmonton, Canada A candid discussion…
Zanele Muholi has a solo show, accompanied by a new publication on her work, at Casa Africa in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, opening 19 October and running till 20 January. She also has work on Face of Our Time, travelling to the University of Michigan Museum of Art
Help our friends in India. Queer male artist Sunil Gupta, organizer of Nigah QueerFest November 18 – 25, 2011 in New Delhi, India is calling out for donations. They hope to raise Rs. 1,70,000, which is 2,488 Euros / 3,417 US Dollars for the Nigah QueerFest’11. Press release The greatest success of every…
Press release from The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art Lesbians Seeing Lesbians Building Community in Early Feminist Photography Exhibition Ends October 22, 2011 at the Leslie-Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster Street, NYC, USA Tee Corrine, Self-portrait, Gelatin silver print, 1980. Press photo courtesy of Leslie-Lohman Gallery. In the wake…
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…
Harmony Hammond – Against Seamlessness October 15 – November 26, 2011 Dwight Hackett projects 2879 All Trades Road – Santa Fe, NM87507, USA Opening reception: Saturday, October 15, 2011, 3-5pm Catalogue available, introduction by Julia Bryan-Willson. Essay by Tirza True Latimer, published by Radius Books.
Symposium: Still Doin’ It: Fanning the Flames of the Woman’s Building Saturday and Sunday, October 15 and 16, 2011 Part symposium/convening/reunion, this two-day event offers a dialogue between feminist artists then and now. Locations: Otis College of Art and Design, 9045 Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90045, California, USA / Antioch University,…
Press release Exactly 5 years ago, the first calendar of art photographer Cristina de la Madera was released. In the new edition 2012, the photographer remains to her original concept: an honest calendar with sincere love between beautiful, real lesbian women. In contrast to the wide range of gay male…
Exposure Queer Arts and Culture Festival 2011 takes place in Edmonton, Canada October 21 – 23, 2011. Exposure uncovers, highlights and celebrates queer arts and culture. The festival exposes queer artists to new audiences, and exposes Edmonton audiences to new art. Exposure presents queer artists working in diverse media. By…
Press release Homotopia – Cruising for Art 1-30 November 2011 Welcome to our 8th festival happening across Liverpool throughout November. This year’s festival theme is ‘Cruising For Art’ and we are thrilled that artist Sadie Lee’s iconic painting ‘Anderrida Shurville’ is the 2011 festival campaign which also forms part of…
The Audience awards 2011 for the best short film of the AITP filmfestival 2011 in Amsterdam went to: Documentary Difficult Love directed by Zanele Muholi + Peter Goldsmid (South Africa). With the prize comes 500 euro. Congratulations!!! to queer photographer and visual activist Zanele Muholi, South Africa and to director/producer…
Painter and Jewish lesbian Liliana Kleiner invites you and your friends to the opening of an exceptional group exhibition: Dispersed All Over The World – Jewish Women Artists at Inselgalerie Berlin, Torstrasse 207, Berlin-Mitte, Germany October 26 – November 19, 2011 Opening: October 26, 2011 at 19:00 Liliana will be…
British artist Jan Morley will be presenting her artist book Pandora’s Book (handmade paper, 23 X 33 X 2 cm) at the GFEST 2011 Visual Arts Exhibition, which is coming up soon in London. GFEST 2011 Visual Arts Exhibition Dreamspace Gallery, 1-3 Dufferin Street, London, EC1Y 8NA, UK (press buzzer…