Queer exhibitions by Elisabeth Ohlson

Photographer Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin has made two new exhibitions.

Ohlson made her name as a queer photographer with the exhibition “Ecce Homo” first shown during the Euro Pride in Stockholm in 1998. In the Ecce Homo series Elisabeth told the story of the New Testament in big staged photographs of queer people. The queering of Christian icons made the headlines in Sweden and when her exhibition toured Sweden there were several demonstrations against her exhibition. In Denmark the exhibition was shown in two galleries (in Copenhagen and in Aarhus). It was noticed by the gay audience but nobody else bothered to talk much about the exhibition as Denmark is on of the least religious countries in Europe.

In her new exhibition “In Hate We Trust” we can again see her as a dynamic visual narrator. She has staged big tableaux illustrating homo phobia, gay bashing and prejudices. The exhibition opened January 28 in Norrköpings Stadsmuseum and is open until 25 March, 2007. More information about the exhibition is available in Swedish (only) on the website of Norrköpings Stadsmuseum:

http://www.norrkoping.se/kultur-fritid/museer/stadsmuseum/utstallningar/kommande/hate/

Elisabeth Ohlsons comming exhibition in Stockholm: “Livet – med tiden” is about old people. She has made a series of portraits as a tribute to old peoples’ experience and wisdom. The exhibition can be seen in Galleri Kontrast, 8 Hornsgatan, Stockholm, Sweden, from February 17 – to March 4, 2007. You can see a couple of her portraits on here:

http://www.gallerikontrast.se/utstallningar/kommer.html

Calendar: Exhibition by Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman - "30 års iscenesat fotografi" (30 years of staged photography) - 16. februar – 20. maj 2007, Lousiana*, Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark.

The 250 x Cindy from Michelangelo to Desperate Housewife or One Woman Comédie Humaine. Cindy Shermans staged photos are funny, humoristic or notoriously ugly.
The exhibition is organized by Jeu de paume, Paris and co-produced by Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria, Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst, Denmark og Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany.

*http://www.louisiana.dk/

Contemporary lesbian art: New links

American photographer Kelly Puleio's online portfolio: http://goodmorningmidnite.com/
Canadian performance artist Val Desjardins: http://www.valdesjardins.com/