José Villalobos: A Las Escondidas
Saturday, Jan 27, 5pm • Arts District Lawn
Exhibitions
In Plain Sight: Queer Rural Narratives from the Water and the Land
January 27 - April 28, 2024
Left: Robert Martin, Two Bucks (detail)
Opening Reception + Artist Talk
Saturday, Jan 27, 5-8pm • Old Masonic Hall
6pm – Artist talk with Robert Martin, José Villalobos, and Lindsey Cherek Waller
Gay Love Letters + Artist Talk
Wednesday, Feb 14, 5:30pm • Old Masonic Hall
Featuring exhibiting artists Ben Cuevas and Janie Stamm
In Plain Sight: Queer Rural Narratives from the Water and the Land complicates assumptions about Queer history and what it means to be seen. The exhibition features the work of five artists, each of whom has a different relationship to rural ecologies and the impacts of extraction, whether physical or cultural. Their work contends with lived experience in smaller, more remote places, the two-way flow of influence between rural and urban areas, and the ways climate change highlights parallels between the treatment of vulnerable ecosystems and populations. Whether by piecing together family lineages or inserting themselves into alternate realities, the artists in In Plain Sight revive and construct narratives of queer existence, resistance, and enduring vitality in rural environments.
Exhibiting Artists:
Ben Cuevas - bencuevas.com
Lindsey Cherek Waller - lindseycherek.com
Robert Martin - robertmartinstudio.com
Janie Stamm - janiestamm.com
José Villalobos - josevillalobosart.com
Above: Ben Cuevas, Untitled (Joshua Tree) I
Right: Janie Stamm, Ghosts of Gays Past (detail)
