is one of several LGBTQ+ artists discussed in Evan Moffit’s recent Artsy article How LGBTQ+ Artists Use Abstraction to Move Past Labels. In it he asks what “is “queer abstraction”? The term is slippery. Abstraction, like queerness, derives its force from a lack of fixity. Unlike the standard markers we use to categorize identity, it refuses to coherently represent anyone or anything. LGBTQ+ artists, or artists whose sexualities are non-normative, have been making abstract art as long as abstract art has existed. Calling their work “queer” is much more difficult when that work doesn’t involve representation at all.” Amy and Carrie also get mentions.
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