SHEILDS FOR QUEER KIN
Diagonal Resistance, NAU Art Museum 2018
In this exhibition, I explore the diagonal as a literal manifestation of queer politics. I imagine these diagonal, leaning material-bodies as forming a sculptural field of resistance to the straight, right angles of the normative world. The sculptures are built using visceral materials to communicate in body-based terms like weight, texture, temperature, scent, and sound reflection. Crafted using materials such as industrial felt, wood, clay, lead, steel, and wool, each sculpture offers a direct, physical encounter. I hope this encounter leaves a viewer more physically aware of their own body, and through this, raises questions about protection, presence, normativity, collaboration, intelligence, resistance, and action.
Featuring four new collaborative works with artists Terry Berlier, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Hannah Ireland and Amanda Curreri, the Main Gallery of the exhibition explores themes of queer resistance, support, and community
