// 6 Amazing Artists who exist(ed) as trans, \\ // gender non-conforming (GNC), and/or \\ \\ beyond the gender binary // \\ • • • // [Note: contains music and several colors. Switching between "slides" will cause changes in color, image, and/or text.] [General content warning: cis-normativity.] [Other content warnings are in the project, specified for "slides" when deemed necessary.] Welcome to this project! <3 As someone who is becoming increasingly passionate about Art History and promoting gender equality in the visual arts, I thought it would be interesting to highlight some important trans / GNC / beyond the binary artists you should know about! <3 :) Unfortunately, the mainstream narrative we learn about Art History (and History in general) tends to be very cis-normative, erasing the contributions of wonderful artists who were/are transgender, gender non-conforming (GNC), and/or existing outside of the gender binary. Use arrow keys or click/tap through the project to learn more about 6 amazing trans / GNC / beyond the binary artists you should know. :) <3
Idea, research, and coding by me (@mam27). [] Sources • We'Wha • 1. [Content warning: colonization, unjust imprisonment on charges of witchcraft] https://www.historyheroblast.com/historyhero/wewha . 2. A paper focusing on two Two-Spirit individuals on JSTOR (I am not linking nor giving a content warning because I have yet to read the entirety of the paper). • El Kazovsky • 1. https://www.artforum.com/uploads/guide.003/id22613/press_release.pdf 2. https://www.varfok-galeria.hu/en/muveszek/el-kazovszkij/ 3. [Content warning: anti-LGBTQ+ hatred] https://arizona.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/surviving-in-the-shadow-of-the-unseen-on-the-paradoxical-invisibi • Molly Jae Vaughan • 1. The artist's website (note that it may include potentially disturbing topics) • Elle Pérez • [Note: the following two sources may include potentially disturbing content.] 1. https://aperture.org/editorial/feminism-elle-perez/ 2. https://cmoa.org/exhibition/elle-perez/ • Jes Fan • 1. [Content warning: (implied) misgendering, stereotypes, bodily fluids, two explicit words considered curs3 words, possibly other potentially disturbing content] https://www.cobosocial.com/dossiers/jes-fan-investigating-identity/ 2. [Content warning: stereotypes, racism "running parallel to hygienic fears," description of an act of anti-Asian racism, s3x, may contain other potentially disturbing content] https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/interviews/god-microsphere-jes-fan-1234588566/ • Shoog McDaniel • [Note: the following three sources may include potentially disturbing content.] 1. https://ncfcatalyst.com/fats-freaks-and-queers-photography-by-shoog-mcdaniel/ 2. https://www.brit.co/this-photographers-otherworldly-images-break-down-how-we-look-at-different-bodies/
