Originally presented at Pelican Bomb Gallery X in New Orleans, November 2017, Queer Tropics features artworks that examine the visual and cultural systems through which one imagines the landscape of the tropics as a site of leisure, sensuality, and play. (transformerdc.org)
Novoa is known for combining real and imagined landscapes in his graphite renderings. (cintasfoundation.org)
Amy Sillman and Thomas Scheibitz construct imagined landscapes and interiors for viewers to optically traverse, while Eric N. Mack and Kevin Beasley draw from their physical surroundings to compose works with found textiles that include du - rags, house dresses, and threadbare curtains. (wexarts.org)