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Queer histories

Abstract

The current global landscape for queer and trans people is uneven: acceptance, solidarity, and visibility exist alongside hatred, censorship, and outright legal prohibition in different parts of the world. Thus, on the one hand, greater attention to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) issues has created increased opportunities for openly queer and trans artists and thinkers. On the other hand, LGBTQIA+ people around the world--impacted differently by race, class, gender, age, nationality--continue to face repression. Within this context, Queer Histories gathers works that thematize queer topics or are made by LGBTQIA+ artists, activists, and researchers. The show celebrates the richness and multiplicity of queer creativity in the visual arts, aligned with MASP's mission which defines the museum as 'diverse, inclusive and plural.' Not every artist in the exhibition identifies as LGBTQIA+; rather the show treats queerness expansively, as a lens that lets us see the world differently. Though some of the artists in the show died of AIDS-related complications (including David Wojnarowicz, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Leonilson, Martin Wong, Nicolas Moufarrege, Peter Hujar, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, and Tseng Kwong Chi), the exhibition also features contemporary HIV+ artists who are living and thriving (such as D'Angelo Lovell Williams, Kia LaBeija, and Sunil Gupta). Of special interest across the exhibition is the notion of queering history--either by using fiction and storytelling to invent the histories that have been erased, or by turning to the past to envision new futures. The show thus features artworks that speculatively engage with archives. -- From MASP Exhibition website.

Contents

Queer histories at MASP / Adriano Pedrosa -- Introduction / Adriano Pedrosa and Julia Bryan-Wilson -- Love and desire / Adriano Pedrosa -- Icons and muses / Adriano Pedrosa -- Sacred and profane / Adriano Pedrosa -- Space and territories / Julia Bryan-Wilson -- Abstractions / Julia Bryan-Wilson -- Ecosexualities and otherworldly fantasies / Julia Bryan-Wilson -- Biblioteca cuir / André Mesquita -- Archives / Leandro Muniz and Teo Teotonio -- History, Histórias / Adriano Pedrosa.

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    [São Paulo]: MASP, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Assis Chateaubriand, [2025]

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    • 6557770667
    • 9786557770665

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    • Artists include: A Transälien, Abdias Nascimento, Ad Minoliti, Adir Sodré, Adler Murada, Adriel Visoto, Alma Lopez, Amos Badertscher, Ana Raylander Mártis Dos Anjos, Andrea Geyer, Andy Warhol, Angela Jimenez, Archivo Honduras Cuir, Archivo Q'Iwa, La China Morena: Memoria Histórica Travestí, Archivos Desviados, Arquivo Lésbico Brasileiro, Assume Vivid Astro Focus (AVAF), Ayrson Heráclito, Beverly Buchanan, Biblioteca Cuir, Candice Lin, Carlos Herrera, Carlos Motta, Catherine Opie, Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population, Cinthia Marcelle and Digg Franco, Claude Cahun, Coletivo Xica Manicongo, Cumaea Halim, D'Angelo Lovell Williams, Daniel Correa Mejía, David Wojnarowicz, Dean Sameshima, Diambe da Silva, Edgard de Souza, Efrain Almeida, Ellen Bedoz, Engel Leonardo, Ernesto de Fiori, Etel Adnan, Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Fefa Lins, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Ferrerin, Fierce Pussy, Gabriel Pessoto, Gala Queer Archive, Glenn Ligon, Gran Fury, Heitor Dos Prazeres, Hélio Oiticica, Henrik Olesen, Hilma's Ghost (Dannielle Tegeder and Sharmistha Ray), Historia Transkuir Colombia, Iah'Ra, Instituto Brasileiro de Transmasculinidades, Ismael Nery, Jonathas de Andrade, Kang Seung Lee, Kia Labeija, Kōhei Yoshiyuki, La Chola Poblete, Leilah Babirye, Leonilson, Leslie Martinez, Lia D Castro, Liz Collins, Lyz Parayzo, Manauara Clandestina, Marcel Pardo Ariza, Marcela Cantuária, Marcos Chaves, Marie Laurencin, Martin Wong, Martine Gutierrez, Maryam Hoseini, Mayara Ferrão, Miguel Ángel Rojas, Museu Transgênero de História e Arte, Nancy Grossman, Nasim Hantehzadeh, Nicholas Hlobo, Nicki S. Green, Nicolas Moufarrege, Peter Hujar, Pietro Perugino, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Queer Archive for Memory, Reflection and Activism, Queer Indonesia Archive, Rafa Bqueer, Rafael Matheus Moreira, Randolpho Lamonier, Rebeca Carapiá, Ria Brodell, Rink Foto, Robert Giard, Roberto Burle Marx, Roberto Gil de Montes, Rodolpho Parigi, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Sabelo Mlangeni, Salman Toor, Samantha Nye, Seba Calfuqueo, Shalom Kufakwatenzi, Sharon Hayes, Simone Fattal, Sunil Gupta, Tadáskía, Takweer, Tammy Rae Carland, Tee A. Corinne, Teresa Margolles, Thai Rainbow Archives Project, Tseng Kwong Chi, Tuesday Smillie, Uýra, Ventura Profana, Violeta Quispe Yupari, Victor Fidelis, Willys de Castro, Xiyadie, Yacunã Tuxá, Yasumasa Morimura, Yuki Kihara, Zanele Muholi, and Zilia Sánchez.
    • "Catalog of the exhibition held in São Paulo at MASP, from December 13, 2024 to April 13, 2025"-- Colophon.

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