Opening Reception, April 18, 2008, 6:00 – 9:30
Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N. Greenview Avenue
Chicago, IL 60626
773.761.9200
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In “Leather” the design of role-play, subjectivity and symbolism plays a fundamental position in the acquisition of pleasure. Through this a normalized routine of actions and posturing have come about and with the efforts of so many strong-minded individuals in the “Leather Community” relics have been preserved and are now part of normalized society. i.e. The Leather Achieves. This “Old Guard” mentality still permeates the understanding of the framed ideal of what “Leather” is by continually presenting what it was as homage, celebration, or commercial identity. This no doubt offers a pathway to sexual identification and an easily definable trajectory of association. The aim of this show is to expand those definitions of “Leather” into other extremes through “Queer” mindedness and negate the normally leather clad/rope bound body.
“The images have an impertinence that reflects the soul of a sexual outlaw. Fetish both in its traditional form and in this new form incorporate a joyous mischievousness as well as a shocking surprise.”
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