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- Queer-led design exhibition Design Dysphoria has partnered with Gotham to put in its second annual present at its new Chelsea Gallery.
- On view now till August 1, the exhibition titled “Give Them the Fantasy” is curated by Liz Collins, Grace Whiteside of Sticky Glass, and Studio S II’s Erica Sellers and Jeremy Silberberg.
For its second annual present, Queer-led design exhibition Design Dysphoria has put in “Give Them the Fantasy” at Gotham‘s Chelsea gallery. Rooted in celebrating LGBTQIA+ identification, the exhibition falls throughout Pleasure month, additional spotlighting the inventive camaraderie and shared resilience of queer creatives and designers.
“Whereas the queer group is intimately intertwined with the environments it constructs and inhabits, there continues to be a necessity and alternative to ascertain new locations that prioritize queer voices and camaraderie,” the collective stated in an announcement. The necessity for such devoted areas is more and more related within the face of as we speak’s heightened anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric; nevertheless, the collective stays resilient, envisioning their shared “fantasy” as a defiant, joyful, and delightful place.
Amongst 24 artists throughout video, furnishings, glass fixtures, lighting, and extra, the present is curated by fellow designers Liz Collins, Grace Whiteside of Sticky Glass, and Erica Sellers and Jeremy Silberberg of Studio S II. On view now, Collin’s expressive textile artwork is pouring from a round portal on a wall, whereas Whitesides’ really “Sticky” glass objects are oozing as they cling from the ceiling. All through the gallery, amorphous glass vessels and an iceberg-like espresso desk by Studio S II boast a slimy, alien-esque attraction.
Elsewhere, guests will discover blown glass objects by Deborah Czeresko, upholstered wall works by Francheska Alcántara, a sculptural and corporreal flooring lamp by Jeremy Martin, “performative” sculptures by Savannah Knoop, and lots of extra distinctive design objects. Whereas showing like daring people in their very own proper, the curation of objects additionally share a spirit of surrealism, inbetween-ness, and sensuality attribute of up to date queer aesthetics.
Gotham Inventive VP Rachel Berks shared “With the opening of our new Chelsea location, which has a first-of-its-kind artwork gallery dispensary hybrid, we’re thrilled to foster an surroundings the place the Design Dysphoria curators and different artists can create an authentically queer house throughout the metropolis’s vibrant design group.”
Design Dysphoria’s “Give Them the Fantasy” exhibit will probably be on view at Gotham’s Chelsea Gallery (146 tenth Ave, New York, NY 10011) till August 1, 2025.
