The exhibition is presented by ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries, the ONE Archives Foundation, and PARTICIPANT INC in collaboration with Visual AIDS. THINGS: a queer legacy of graphic art and play is curated by Bradford Nordeen. Through expressive self-portraiture, utopian world-making, and scene-charting ‘zine cultures, the historical and contemporary artists assembled in THINGS each reflect on the world as it appears or is perceived at immensely personal moments of artistic reflection. Contemporary artists Seth Bogart, Rafa Esparza, Aimee Goguen, and Brontez Purnell each evince the intensely vital and political potential of craft. From the hyper-sexualized drawings and comics of filmmaker Curt McDowell, to the ‘60s revisionist wall reliefs and high gloss paintings of video artist Tom Rubnitz, through music journalist and AIDS columnist Robert Fordʼs underground Black culture ‘zine THING, the tactics on display carry through to a younger generation whose object-making bolsters or elaborates the artists’ primary, time-based practices. Drafted during moments of leisure and distributed largely through social means, the paintings, drawings, and printed matter collected in THINGS harness the quiet radicality of their activist origins. THINGS: a queer legacy of graphic art and play presents objects made by artists best known for their work in journalism, performance, film, and video. Walkthrough of THINGS with Seth Bogart and Bradford Nordeen: Sunday, December 11, 2016, 3pm

Exhibition hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-5pm Closed Monday-Wednesdayįind location, hours, and parking information for this off-site exhibition below.

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