Talks

Borrowing its title from the 2009 book by Tim Dean, Unlimited Intimacy is a group exhibition that frames the 1980s and 1990s as a politically charged time for LGBTIQA+ histories and movements. The presentation surveys critical and radical perspectives on gay and queer sexuality through photographic and documentary practices.

The Knight’s Move by Tessa Boffin (1960 – 1993) unapologetically challenges heteronormative representations of historical and mythological figures. The monochromatic works reimagine the Knight, the Knave, the Angel, the Casanova and the Lady-in-Waiting as lesbian protagonists.

Phyllis Christopher presents an intimate and evocative exploration of female sexuality, sensually depicting skin and bodily fluids. The photographs compel viewers to confront the interlaced relationship between sexual desire, pleasure, and pain.

Cruising Delhi in the 80s by Sunil Gupta in conversation with the Indian art historian and gay rights activist Saleem Kidwai (1951 – 2021) is a reflective video work on their shared histories of cruising in Delhi, India.

Stuart Linden Rhodes captures the diverse gay scene and queer club culture of the UK in the 1990s, a period also marked by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, homophobia, and discriminatory laws.

In They Called it Love, But Was it Love?, Charan Singh examines the lives and worlds of the Kothi community, which is often targeted as a ‘risk group’ in India and troubles hetero- and homo-normative notions of gender and sexuality through a non-western lens.

Artists: Tessa Boffin, Phyllis Christopher, Sunil Gupta, Stuart Linden Rhodes, Charan Singh