Guanyu Xu's "Space of Mutation" (2018) from the Temporarily Censored Home series will be featured in group exhibition "Sharp Cuts: Queer Collage" at CLAMP, New York from 18 July to 29 August 2024.
Guanyu Xu creates temporary immersive installations in his parents’ home in Beijing in order to queer the normativity of heterosexual space challenging conservative taboos of his childhood. Michael Young similarly addresses his formative years by reappropriating vintage gay pornographic calendars published between the time the artist began to recognize his own sexuality and when he came out of the closet. Both artists explore shame, fear, and eventual acceptance in relation to one’s sexual identity.
“Sharp Cuts: Queer Collage” invites viewers to engage with the transformative potential of collage. Through their diverse and powerful works, the artists in the show illuminate the radical possibilities of collage and help conceptualize a societal renewal that welcomes queer people.
Participating artists includes Aaron Krach, Anthony Goicolea, Antonio Pulgarín, Boris Torres, Charles Wilkin, Florencia Alvarado, Guanyu Xu, John Cassidy Smith, John O'Reilly, Jonah Samson, Justine Kurland, Kelli Connell/Natalie Krick, Ken Graves, Lovie Olivia, Michael Young.
