Wardell Milan, Linda K. Knoxville, 2023, 2023, graphite, China marker, yupo, cute-and-paste paper
Gallery artists Tony Feher, Keltie Ferris, Jeffrey Gibson, Arturo Herrera, Wardell Milan, and Senior Partner Michael Jenkins are included in a field of bloom and hum at the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College.
At a time when the rights of members of the queer community are under threat (the American Civil Liberties Union tracked 533 anti-LGBTQ bills in the US in 2024, for example), the Tang presents a two-floor exhibition featuring work by queer artists spanning the last century that assert their lives and stories upon the world. Extensive series created over multiple decades are shown alongside new commissions—including works made in collaboration with students—and an art and activism resource room for gatherings, workshops, dissemination, and study.
The performative, abstract, and conceptual works in a field of bloom and hum exemplify one of its major inquiries: How can generous and open interpretative possibilities support new definitions of history, community, and queerness? The exhibition’s intergenerational dialogues will serve as points of entry for new scholarly inquiry and can act as a model for novel modes of thinking and making.
To learn more about a field of bloom and hum at the Tang Teaching Museum, click here.