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 th e 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 Tease, Mary Ann Coonrod, Christopher Leitch, Horatio Hung Yan-Law, Char Schwal, Marcus Cain, Craig Auge, Wolfe Brack, Justin Canja, Robb Putnam

Host or Publisher Kansas City Artists Coalition