Inside/Outside Voices: Queer Abstraction

“… Queer abstraction demands a retooling of older art historical methods that take  forms and materials as fundamentally political, while also exposing the already present  politics of these methods. Utilizing a process of formalism, that is not opposed to matter  or culture. My queer formalist approach takes the material and visual of artworks  seriously as political and theoretical interventions. I conduct the kinds of comparative  analysis that are foundational in the field of art history, while also taking the lesson fro queer theoretical approaches to history can transform both. 

Lex Morgan Lancaster, Dragging Away Queer Abstraction in Contemporary Art 

Abstraction is the first visual language we all explore as children, so in that sense we al are united by a similar visual foundation. Our hope is this exhibition will lead the  audience to a basic level of understanding of this work and light a path to a  deeper place. 

Curated By Joe Bussell and including work by 11 regional and national artists, Inside/Outside Voices explores queer identity and experience through abstract art.

Participating artists include:

Joe Bussell

Fred Trease

Mary Ann Coonrod

Christopher Leitch

Horatio Hung Yan-Law

Char Schwall

Marcus Cain

Craig Auge

Wolfe Brack

Justin Canja

Robb Putnam