Name/Title
Queer threads : crafting identity and communityEntry/Object ID
N6498.F54.Q44Description
Showcases twenty-nine artists who are moving through the narrow space that is gay or straight, biological or social, craft and fine art and doing so explicitly through their work in fiber and textile. Loaded with gender connotations and power hierarchies, fiber-based handicrafts such as crochet, embroidery, knitting, macrame, quilting, and sewing provide a fitting platform for examining tastes, roles, and relationships socialized within and around gay and lesbian culture, as well as our reactions to the traditional home and cultures in which we were raised. Exhibition held January 17-March 16, 2014 at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art in New York City, the first dedicated LGBTQ art museum in the world with a mission to exhibit and preserve LGBTQ art and foster the artists who create it. While other recent, high-profile fiber and textile exhibitions have featured several of the artists in Queer Threads, the Leslie-Lohman exhibition marked the first time these works were shown together to specifically examine the works queerness.Lexicon
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exhibition catalogs, fiber art, fiberwork--exhibitions, gay artists, lesbian artists, textile artists, textile craftsLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
John Chaich, Todd Oldham, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian ArtPublisher
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian ArtDate Published
2014Call No.
N6498.F54.Q44Notes
Length: 169