Tate Britain presents the first exhibition dedicated to the British queer art
Work cover: The critics. Henry Scott Tuke 1927
GAYLES.TV.- The Tate Britain Gallery opens 5 day tomorrow a historical exhibition about the last 100 years of British LGBT art, a period that runs between 1861 and 1967, in which you can appreciate the passage from the most absolute repression, which included death sentences, to liberation. And it is that the exhibition celebrates the 50 anniversary of the partial decriminalization of male homosexuality in England.
"Queer British Art" explores the expression of everything related to the LGTBI issue at a time when, not only was there a situation of repression, but also that the possible hypotheses about gender and sexual orientation were a question even for the most liberal minds and Answers to those questions were in constant flux. The exhibition collects, along with deeply personal and intimate works, pieces aimed at a wider audience that helped to forge a sense of community at a time when the current terminology for naming gays, lesbians, transsexuals and bisexuals was not recognized . (Sappho and Irina in a garden in Mytilene. Simeon Solomon 1864)
With paintings, personal photographs, drawings and films by artists such as Dora Carrington, John Singer Sargent, David Hockney or Henry Scott Tuke, the diversity and richness of British art that focuses on the diverse expression of gender and sexuality, celebrates its manifestations as never before. A set of stories and situations that range from politics to playfulness and from eroticism to the most intimate experience.
The exhibition will remain open until October 1 of this year and is an excellent option for those visiting the British capital. In fact, it is the first time that the rooms of a museum explain the history of this evolution and show works that, due to their explicit nature, have been silenced until now. (Peter coming out of Nick's pool. David Hockney 1966)
An added attraction is the coincidence in time with one of the most complete exhibitions that have been made of the work of David Hockney, homosexual creator and one of the most popular and influential British artists of the 20th century, that we can also see in the Tate Britain until the 29 in May.
Source: tate.org.uk
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