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june 29, 2022 - BEERS London
2nd week of / LGBTQ+ themed come out & play, curated by Andrew Salgado
Until 16 July
Curated by artist #andrewsalgado, the LGBTQ+ themed exhibition Come Out & Play, celebrates
internationally-based queer artists whose practice prioritizes a bold approach and work that is
celebratory, challenging, and progressive. The artists included present queerness as manifest
through colour and play, a subject matter free from taboo or shame, and a greater practice that
responds to the contemporary ideology of what it means to be a queer artist in society. Included
works are primarily in – but not limited to – the form of figurative painting. The exhibition presents
emerging LGBTQ+ artists alongside mid-career and established artists at work today.
You may or may not notice as your visit this gallery exhibition just how much hands and feet matter
to these artists, they act as a real guide to us here. Powerful messages are grasped within each
hand, whether they are large and cumbersome, out of proportion, powerful, or with a pointed toe,
daintily extended, flexed, slender, fleshy, elegant, there is a strength in touch that every artist is
exploring. These themes, told through intimate figuration are highly personal, stories weaved by
queer voices which can connect us all in myriad ways.
At times we may feel like a voyeur, yet we have been invited in here, granted with the permission to
stare, even though our characters rarely confront us with a direct eye-line. Our new friends are
bashful, coy, shy, unable to look at us directly but agreeable to the passing glance over their
contoured bodies. The timelessness of a look or a memory, projects a strong nostalgic feeling
throughout, it spins and weaves itself into every scene. With a beautiful sensitivity, and soft
nurturing caress, this show is an exploration of the body, whether that be their own or of others,
longing for touch is omnipresent.
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