My first major solo show in a public museum opened a year ago today. On opening night, a man approached me and said, ‘What’s all this queer stuff? Are you just trying to be fashionable?’ These were landscapes that charted an 86 kilometre journey on foot. The title wall gave some indication of what made the works queer. This ‘beautiful and brutal’ journey brought to … Continue reading Does queer art have to look queer?
Art critic Robert Hughes famously described Rauschenberg’s Monogram as “The most powerful image of anal intercourse ever to emerge from the rank psychological depths of modern art.” The art work itself went through several iterations between 1955-1959. During Pride Month, almost 70 years after Rauschenberg’s creation, let’s look at what contemporary artists say about queerness in their art. Pablo Bronstein: “Queer art is about working … Continue reading What comes after Rauschenberg’s ‘most powerful image of anal intercourse ever’?
Nine artists to discover and support during Pride Month 2022 Continue reading Nine artists to fall in love with: Pride Month 2022.
Ray Monde 