![]() ![]() Curator Saisha Grayson explored the issues of identity and visibility in a 2019 story about a video work by Chitra Ganesh and Simone Leigh (as Girl) that had been recently added to the museum’s collection. Just as often, people are interested in seeing themselves and their stories represented in the collection, and addressing identity is something that SAAM’s curators approach thoughtfully through ongoing discussions of the complexities and nuances of referencing identity, and in particular sexual identity, within the context of an object’s wall label. RobertsĪ scroll through SAAM's website or a stroll through our galleries usually leads with visuals: the colors, mediums, or subject matter of an artwork is the star, our eyes drawn to the literal details of an artwork. Roberts, The Queer Houses of Brooklyn in the Three Towns of Breukelen, Boswyck, and Midwout during the 41st Year of the Stonewall Era (based on a 2010 drawing by Daniel Rosza Lang/Levitsky with 24 illustrations by Buzz Slutzky on printed pin-back buttons), 2011, poly-fill, acrylic, rayon, Lurex, wool, polyester, cotton, lamé, sequins, and blended fabrics with printed pin-back buttons, 138 x 114 x 108 in.
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