The secret history of sexualities plays a crucial role within gay, lesbian, and transgendered communities. Throughout history, societal pressures have ensured the use of in/visible codes that affect standards of sexual practice (e.g. same-gendered fucking) and public sexualized locations (e.g. cruising parks, bar “naked nights”). By targeting marginalized gay community “standards,” historically undetected by the general public, law enforcers attempt to regulate the shifts occurring between the public and the private domain. Their impotence remains undetected and invisible to the public eye.
Artist Bios
David Grenier
David Grenier is a Toronto-based artist and food enthusiast. he received his Master of Fine Art from the University of Western Ontario and an undergraduate degree from the University of Windsor. He gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.
Johannes Zits
Johannes Zits combines digital and painting to address domestic situations from his male and gay perspective. His work intends to draw attention to both the conventional readings of painting and photography and the way images from mass media are consumed. Zits received his BFA from York University. Over the last 15 years, he has shown bot nationally and internationally in such cities as Toronot, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Montreal, Taipei, Amsterdam, and most recently in Vienna.
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