“I wanted a book that showed LGBTQIA+ people that art plays an important role in capturing, expressing and shaping our identity. It’s so important to see ourselves reflected in art and culture, whoever you are”
@gemmarollsbentley , curator, writer and a-n member chats to us about her newly published book; Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between. Featuring almost 200 artworks
@gemmarollsbentley discusses how she selected the artists and her continued work to amplify the work of LGBTQIA+ artists.
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Image 1. Photo:
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Image 3. Christina Quarle’s, Try n’ Pull the Rains in on Me, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 213.4 x 182.9 x 5.1cm (84 x 72 x 2in)
Image 4. Becoming Sochukwuma (Osinachi, 2019)
Image 5. SueZie, 51, and Cheryl, 55, Valrico, FL from ‘To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults’, Jess T. Dugan, 2015