Technically, these are the final hours of Pride Month ‘24. But it’s also the first day of the rest of our fight. All through the history of this battle — for LGBTQIA+ rights, for human rights, for true equality — we have marched with banners and hung banners, expressing our passions and point of view. In BRICK BY BRICK 2 and in our community in general, HEATHER RAQUEL PHILLIPS is the artist who holds high and best represents this proud tradition. “Queer Film Icons” is her newest foray into this medium. On one level, it connects with queerness in show business and its interpretation in movies. But the artist tells us the series is part of a broader thesis: “A secret code of language, a resistance through the exaggerated, a system of identification. Queer communication can be as bold or discrete as it wants to be, but in any case, it is always a tool for connection.”
“Queer Film Icons: Cruising”
15 x 14
double-sided, mixed-media banner
200.
“Queer Film Icons: A Friend of Dorothy”
17 x 13
double-sided, mixed-media banner
350.
