NYAB Event - Ketch Wehr “Emblems of Things to Come”

Ketch Wehr “Emblems of Things to Come”

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art

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The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art presents New York-based Ketch Wehr’s exhibition Emblems of Things to Come which will be on view twenty-four hours a day in the street level Wooster St. Window Gallery located at 26 Wooster Street, New York City.

Emblems of Things to Come is a series of large-scale paintings on wood and mirror depicting feminist martyrs, saints, and ancient women of power. In this series of work, Wehr reaches back in history, through the lens of gender defiance, to establish a queer lineage. Wehr cites Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party as an inspiration and research tool stating, “For a long time, I have sought feminist and LGBTIQ icons of a similar substance and vintage. I consider them anchors of a sense of continual history and community in what is often a disjointed and disparate collection of identities. I consider any person who challenged expectations of gender in the way they lived, fought, spoke up, or who they loved, to be a valuable icon to the LGBTIQ community.”

Ketch Wehr is a queer New York-based artist with a flair for the feral. His work focuses on anthropomorphism, the sociology of bestiaries, and queer and gender nonconforming histories. He studied fine art at Smith College and currently works as a freelance illustrator in Manhattan.

Work exhibited in the Wooster St. Window Gallery is on view to the public twenty-four hours a day and speaks to the LGBTQ experience showing art from both emerging and established artists that might be denied access to mainstream venues due to subject matter or institutional bias.

[Image: Ketch Wehr “Boudica” (2013) Gouache, acrylic paint and wood, 48 x 23 in. ]