Did you know that the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art’s collection includes over 25,000 works of art spanning more than three centuries? As we expand our holdings, we are committed to supporting living, working artists who represent a wide range of LGBTQIA+ experience. We’re very excited to share our most recent acquisitions, works by Jonathan Lyndon Chase and Lola Flash. Flash was a Leslie-Lohman Artist Fellow in our inaugural Fellowship cohort, 2017-2018. Jonathan Lyndon Chase is creating the award for this year's Leslie-Lohman gala honoree, Honey Dijon. Both artists are based in the United States, and their work reframes difference, confronts assumptions, and grapples with American hegemony through creating other worlds. These works will be on view in the Leslie-Lohman’s Living Room Gallery from October 19-January 15, 2023. |
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Image Description: lower Back. 2021.10.1. 74 x 85.5 inches. Acrylic paint, glitter, spray paint, marker, oil stick, graphite, photo paper, and collage on muslin. 2020. Museum purchase with funds by Dr. Daniel S. Berger. Courtesy of the artist and Company, New York A seated Black man gives a tattoo to another inside a red-hued room, their twisting bodies at times difficult to discern, mirroring the chaotic interior of the room. There is a hint of a third person, the outline of a hand, on the man receiving the tattoo. |
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Jonathan Lyndon Chase is a Philadelphia-based visual artist whose works often resist easy categorization. Employing a variety of media–including acrylic paint, photo-collage, glitter and graphite–they render spaces and scenes in which bodies twist and fold into each other’s planes. Much of their work focuses on Black, queer intimacy. lower Back is part of a recent series in which Chase engages the trope of the cowboy, typically imagined in popular media as cisgender, heterosexual, and white, despite the long history of Black, Indigenous, and Mexican cowherds in America. Myths of whitewashed virility are transformed in the queered space of the tattoo parlor, as the two Black figures inhabit a space of intimate support and vulnerability. Special thanks to our Board member Dan Berger for his generous support of this acquisition. |
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Image Descriptions: 2022.11.1 V is for Veteran Lola Flash 24 x 20 Chromogenic print 1993 Acquisition O'Neal Fund A cis woman presenting subject stands center. She is wearing a sailor hat and button up sleeveless blouse. Her face is in profile towards the left and her left arm is flexed in a traditional bicep curl. Slightly behind her is a reproduction of the Statue of Liberty draped with an American flag. The beach and ocean are in the background. The colors in the print are inverted. The woman's skin has a green tone and the sky and ocean in the background are orange. 2022.11.2 Soar Lola Flash 24 x 20 Chromogenic print 1988 Acquisition O'Neal Fund An athletic subject is seen center in the image, jumping upward with their hands extended above their head. They are photographed from below in motion between two Doric columns and in front of a large fabric drape. The colors in the print are inverted. The subject's skin is purple and the columns and fabric in the background are a light red. Areas of darkness have become white in the image. |
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Working at the forefront of genderqueer visual politics for more than three decades, photographer Lola Flash’s work challenges stereotypes and gender, sexual, and racial preconceptions. An active member of ACT UP during the time of the AIDS epidemic in New York City, Flash was notably featured in the 1989 “Kissing Doesn’t Kill” poster. Their art and activism are profoundly connected, fueling a life-long commitment to visibility and preserving the legacy of LGBTQIA+ and communities of color worldwide. Flash works primarily in portraiture with a 4x5 film camera, engaging those who are often deemed invisible. Flash’s practice is firmly rooted in social justice advocacy around sexual, racial, and cultural difference. Flash has work included in important collections such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Brooklyn Museum. Flash had a solo show in 2018, Lola Flash: 1986 – Present, at Pen + Brush in New York. Flash's photography is featured in the 2009 book Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present. They are currently a proud member of the Kamoinge Collective. Flash received her bachelor's degree from Maryland Institute and her Masters’ from London College of Printing, in the UK. |
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Image Description: An invitation, in various shades of purple and violet, announcing the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Gala, honoring Honey Dijon and Margaret Rose Vendryes Ph.D., November 7th, 2022, 7-11PM State NY |
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We've been busy putting together a gala you won't want to miss. We're honoring the lives and legacies of Margaret Rose Vendreys, Ph.D., and Honey Dijon, and in addition to Jonathan Lyndon Chase creating a special award for Honey Dijon, Myles Loftin, Kimberly Drew, Sarah Burke, and Lady Fag are just a few of the icons that are joining us for the night. There's definitely sure to be more.
The Leslie-Lohman Museum is the only contemporary art museum dedicated to LGBTQIA+ art in the world. Join us for an incredible night of celebration, and a continued investment in queer creativity and futurity. We're building worlds for all of us, together. |
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Gala Accessibility Slate is located at 54 W 21st Street, New York, NY 10010. The event will take place on the first and basement level. The entrance and first floor of the venue are wheelchair accessible. The basement is wheelchair accessible by an elevator located one door west from the main entrance. A greeter and elevator attendant will be present for the duration of the event to guide guests and operate the elevator.
Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the first and basement levels. Restrooms will be designated and clearly marked as all-gender. Lighting for the event will be a mix of incandescent and LED lighting and generally, low-light.
This is a mask optional gathering. Masks will be available at check-in located on the first level. Guests are encouraged to take a COVID-19 test before the event.
Disabled visitors will be admitted with their personal assistant. ASL interpretation may be provided by Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art with advance notice by emailing info@leslielohman.org at least one week prior to the event.
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Museum Accessibility
For in person visits, five external steps lead to our main entrance: a wheelchair lift is available. All galleries are wheelchair-accessible.There is a single-occupancy accessible restroom located behind the visitor services desk. All restrooms are gender-neutral. For requests or more information, please email info@leslielohman.org |
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The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art provides a platform for artistic exploration through multi-faceted queer perspectives. We embrace the power of the arts to inspire, explore, and foster understanding of the rich diversity of LGBTQIA+ experiences. Through annual exhibitions, public programs, educational initiatives, artist fellowships, and a journal, LLMA forefronts the interrelationship of art and social justice for LGBTQIA+ communities in NYC and beyond. Our collection includes over 25,000 objects spanning 4 centuries of queer art. The Museum is generously supported, in part, by public funds from Mellon Foundation, The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council. Programmatic support is also provided by the Achilles Family Fund; Booth Ferris Foundation; Keith Haring Foundation; John Burton Harter Foundation; and the Henry Luce Foundation. Individual support is proudly provided by the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art's Board of Trustees and Global Ambassadors. |
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Thank you to Kartell for their contribution. |
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