Queer is not considered a thing for many of the history of human history Once, But it’s like a person. “The Original Gay” is the ambitious exhibition of Wrightwood 659, a three-story gallery that occupies the former Chicago apartment building, tracking the transition from that fluid definition to a more specific identity. Its over 350 or so works of art, rarely exhibited, were created between the 1860s. Gay romance and Heterosexual It was created by Hungarian journalist Karl Maria Kertbeny and the 1930s when rising fascism persecuted LGBTQ citizens more violently than ever.
There are 40 national representatives in the exhibition, which attempts to disperse Western queer ideas. Jonathan Katz, chief curator and art historian of the University of Pennsylvania Gay romance In the exhibition title.
“[B]y The development and deployment of tags are by no means Gay romance He wrote: “It is always liberated, even in art.[s] Close to the bloody road of colonial conquest, rewrite of sexual behavior, rewrite of sexual behavior – obligations are often more acceptable and even more respectable than norms under European colonial governance. These colonial powers, mainly England, France, Spain and the Netherlands, usually rewrite local criminal laws to impose severe punishments on homosexual sexual behavior. ”
The “first gay man” is in a climate that usually seems to have extinct queer again. Four works have been withdrawn since the planned exhibition: two paintings by Slovakia-Hengarian painter Ladislav Mednyánszky, and two charcoal by lesbian Colombian artist Hena Rodríguez. Once the new leader of the Slovak National Gallery, their lenders learned about the theme of “The First Gay” and were blocked from reaching Chicago by Mednyánszkys. Rodríguez charcoal, on the other hand, was because their owners were worried about the safety of the job after Donald Trump took office. In the exhibition, their absence is acknowledged by copying accompanied by explanatory texts. “It’s absolutely crucial for us to let people know what can’t happen due to the right-wing repression,” Katz said.
Here are 10 highlights of the recent walkthrough with Katz.
“The First Gays” will be held on July 26 at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago.
