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Queer Commodity

Johannes Zits: Salon Moderne
Johannes Zits: Salon Moderne

Johannes Zits. Salon Moderne 1999. Acrylic on digital output on billboard paper, 244 x 223 cm. Courtesy of the artist.
7 Mar 2002 – 28 Apr 2002

How have queer artists reacted to the mainstreaming of their subculture? Provocatively!

Mike Hickey (St. John’s), Johannes Zits (Toronto) and Dyke Action Machine (Carrie Moyer, Sue Schaffner, NYC) hijack and invert the codes of "gay window advertising," a commercial strategy that tries to incorporate gay appeal without alienating larger markets. The exhibition is composed of amusing counter-commodities and style-saturated posturings installed as a slightly tawdry boutique. The wares include a functioning make-up lending library, posters that package lesbian aesthetics for under-30 dykes, and billboard-size "paintings" that insert homoerotic fantasy into the public economy of desire.

Queer CommodityExhibition Catalogue
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Opening Reception
On the occasion of the opening reception, Thursday 7 March, Mike Hickey delivered a lecture on Safe Make-up Sharing Practices before inaugurating his innovative library. A bus was chartered especially for the occasion from eyelevel gallery on Barrington Street, and drag attire was optional.

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