In “Public and Private,” viewers will find Charles Demuth’s morning-after scene of three young men in pajamas and underwear in a stylish home, lesbian genre scenes set in Eastern Europe, and Marsden Hartley’s “Berlin Ante War, 1914,” which is a painting charting life, death, faith, sunrise and sunset in symbolic forms and colors.
Holland Day’s double exposure photograph, “The Vision, (Orpheus Scene), 1907” and a propaganda piece created by Japanese nationals in Russian territory to demoralize Russian troops during the Russo-Japanese War. Pieces in that section include Sri Lankan painter David Paynter’s modernist oil “L’après midi, 1935” F. “Colonizing” reflects on various dynamics, including the Euro-centric definition of early homosexuality, which often clashed with Indigenous forms, and the Western perception that the East was decadent. It has erotica from China, Japan, Iran and India, as well as figure drawings by French artist Jane Poupelet that focus on the rear view of female models. The next section, “Desire,” brings together works of art that are stylistically varied, but alike in depicting same-gender sex or emphasizing parts of the body for erotic effect. Throughout this section, viewers can track the ideal of male beauty’s evolution from 19th century ideals of youthful male beauty to a more masculinized ideal of perfection. The fourth section, “Archetypes,” is anchored around Thomas Eakins’s “Salutat, 1898,” a painting that focuses attention on an erotic part of the young male body. Credit: Provided/Wrightwood 659 (From left) Gerda Wegener’s “Reclining in Nude,” James Gardiner’s untitled piece, and Roberto Montenegro’s “Retrato de un anticuario o Retrato de Chucho Reyes y autorretrato.” Reyes has a limp wrist, tilted chin and amused smile, which are common tropes of queer codes even today. The “Pose” section displays a famous portrait by Mexican artist Roberto Montenegro of his friend Chucho Reyes, an antique and antiquities dealer. Other works include a postcard of the French chanteuse Josephine Baker in male evening attire, photos of the Norwegian Marie Høeg dressed as a man in a variety of poses, and a photo of French surrealist Claude Cahun in a meditative position with a shaved head that creates an androgynous appearance. The third section, “Between Genders,” has a painting by Gerda Wegener depicting one of the first modern transgender women, Lili Elbe. Another set of paintings include American artist Edith Emerson’s depiction of her lover, Violet Oakley, who returned the favor with an oil study of Emerson.Īnother one of Oakley’s paintings on display ran in the 1903 issue of the popular The Century Magazine, portraying heaven as populated by young women in flowing gold and white robes. In “Couples,” visitors will find a painting by French artist Louise Abbéma depicting her in masculine clothing with her lover, actress Sarah Bernhardt, on a leisurely boat ride. A highlight is a print depicting a sexual act between two men by Hokusai, the ukiyo-e master of Japan’s Edo period.
The first section, “Before Homosexuality,” features 19th century works showing how same-sex eroticism was portrayed unselfconsciously before the term “homosexual” was coined in Europe. Part one of the exhibition is organized into nine sections on the second floor of Wrightwood 659. Katz, University of Pennsylvania professor of practice in the history of art and gender, sexuality and women’s studies, with associate curator Johnny Willis. They are led by art historian Jonathan D. “We are thrilled that the community can experience an important exhibition like this at Wrightwood 659 -given the content, it otherwise might not be seen.”Ī post shared by Wrightwood 659 exhibition is being developed by a team of 23 international scholars. Badlani, executive director of Alphawood Foundation Chicago. “‘The First Homosexuals’ is an international project of an incredible scale,” said Chirag G.
Part two is still being developed and will be on display in 2025.Īlphawood Foundation Chicago is presenting the exhibit through Alphawood Exhibitions. It’s a two-part exhibition with the first section on display at the Wrightwood 659 gallery, 659 W. “The First Homosexuals: Global Depictions of a New Identity, 1869-1930” draws on more than 100 paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and film clips to explore how early homosexuals understood themselves and how society perceived them. LINCOLN PARK - A new exhibition in Lincoln Park explores early understandings of same-sex desire since the word “homosexual” was coined in 1869.
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