Bring Your Own Body: transgender between archives and aesthetics
Tuesday, Oct 13, 201512:34 AM — Saturday, Nov 14, 201512:34 AMEDT
| Cooper Union, 41 Cooper Square New York, NY
New York, NYRelated
Bring Your Own Body presents the work of transgender artists and archives, from the institutional and sexological to the personal and liminal. Taking its title from an unpublished manuscript by intersex pioneer Lynn Harris, the exhibit historicizes the sexological and cultural imaginary of transgender through a curatorial exploration of the Kinsey Archives. Simultaneously it presents contemporary transgender art and world making practices that contest existing archival narratives and construct new historical genealogies. Moving beyond the aesthetically defunct category of “identity politics” and the fraught gains of visibility, the artworks propose transgender as a set of aesthetics made manifest through multiple forms: paint, sculpture, textiles, film, digital collage, and performance. Participating artists: Niv Acosta, Mark Aguhar, Math Bass, Effy Beth, Justin Vivian Bond, Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz, Vaginal Davis, Zackary Drucker, Chloe Dzubilo, Juliana Huxtable, Greer Lankton, Pierre Molinier, Genesis P. Orridge, Flawless Sabrina, Buzz Slutzky, and Chris Vargas and the Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art. Organized by Jeanne Vaccaro with Stamatina Gregory Opening Reception October 13th 6pm - 8pm Exhibition Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 7pm Related Event(s): DISCOTROPIC | Alien Talk Show "The Queen:" a Screening and Conversation Reading by Juliana Huxtable TransEuphoria Now Happy Birthday, Marsha! Located in the 41 Cooper Gallery, located in 41 Cooper Square, on Third Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets. Cooper Union
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