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→ 19 Jan 12 at 3 pm
→ 19 Jan 12 at 3 pm
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles Presents
Darin Klein & Friends
Tilt-Shift LA: New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge
Brandon Andrew / Zackary Drucker = A. L. Steiner / Deanna Erdmann
Matthew Greene / Abel Baker Gutierrez / Lia Halloran
Danny Jauregui, Matt Lipps / prvtdncr & bodega vendetta
Christopher Russell & Halle Tate / George Stoll / Suzanne Wright
January 28 through February 25, 2012
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2685 S La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90034
310.838.6000
www.luisdejesus.com
www.darinkleinandfriends.blogspot.com
www.darinklein.net
“Tilt-shift” is a film industry term that refers to the use of camera movements typically employed in creating a simulated environment or miniature scene. The term in this context is well suited to Los Angeles-based queer artists who do not shy away from exploring and exploiting the visibility of a specific timeframe and geographic location, skewing and adjusting concepts of queerness to illuminate individual ideals. Acknowledging the ongoing “gay vs. queer” dialogue, this exhibition comprises artists and artworks that resist the boundaries and representations of aggressive confrontational sexuality in favor of a broad range of ideas concerning the politics and aesthetics of marginalized bodies, cultures and identities.
In the introduction that accompanies this exhibition, Darin Klein writes:
As queer artists, we navigate a city that may have been built on illusion but is being held together by individualized histories. Our bodies and our intellects seek harmony with or rebel against the disparate confluences of our surroundings while gleaning information and inspiration. Our art proposes pragmatic solutions to, fantastic alternatives for, or straightforward documentation of the world as we experience it at the western edge of western civilization. …Because the ground we stand on is unstable—literally and metaphorically—the fortification of our psychological landscape is of utmost importance. There is no singular viewpoint on important issues that are certain to affect entire communities where nature and man threaten to wipe out the bedrock of our collective and varied efforts and hopes. Piece by piece we work to ensure that each of our voices is heard, confident that our contributions must strengthen the foundation of a future historical dialogue as it will pertain to queer artists living and working in Los Angeles right now.
