Any Distance Between Us
Any distance between us explores the power and significance of intimate relationships in works of contemporary art, particularly those made by artists identified as Queer and of color. The exhibition features more than 30 objects鈥攊ncluding several new acquisitions from the RISD Museum鈥檚 permanent collection鈥攂y artists such as Louis Fratino, Aaron Gilbert, Doron Langberg, Deana Lawson, Catherine Opie, Jack Pierson, Elle P茅rez, and Salman Toor. Manual, the RISD Museum鈥檚 biannual journal, also focuses its Fall/Winter 2021 issue on intimacy, with texts by the curators and images of the exhibition. Any distance between us is curated by artist-writer Stephen Truax (RISD BFA 2007, Painting) in collaboration with Dominic Molon, the Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art at RISD Museum.
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Any distance between us explores the power and significance of intimate relationships in works of contemporary art, particularly those made by artists identified as Queer and of color. The exhibition features more than 30 objects鈥攊ncluding several new acquisitions from the RISD Museum鈥檚 permanent collection鈥攂y artists such as Louis Fratino, Aaron Gilbert, Doron Langberg, Deana Lawson, Catherine Opie, Jack Pierson, Elle P茅rez, and Salman Toor. Manual, the RISD Museum鈥檚 biannual journal, also focuses its Fall/Winter 2021 issue on intimacy, with texts by the curators and images of the exhibition. Any distance between us is curated by artist-writer Stephen Truax (RISD BFA 2007, Painting) in collaboration with Dominic Molon, the Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art at RISD Museum.
Artists on show
- Aaron Gilbert
- Alvin Baltrop
- Andy Warhol
- Angela Dufresne
- Catherine Opie
- Christopher Ho
- David Hockney
- David Wojnarowicz
- Deana Lawson
- Doron Langberg
- Elle Pérez
- Elliott Jerome Brown Jr
- Felix González-Torres
- Hugh Steers
- Jack Pierson
- Jess T. Dugan
- Jonathan Lyndon Chase
- Katherine Bradford
- Keith Vaughan
- Kennedi Carter
- Louis Fratino
- Maesie Mattia
- Nan Goldin
- Nicole Eisenman
- PaJaMa
- Patrick Angus
- Patrick Carroll
- Paul Cadmus
- Richard Lotman Brown
- Ridykeulous
- Robert Mapplethorpe
- Sage Sohier
- Salman Toor
- Sholem Krishtalka
- TM Davy
- Tom Burr
- Touko Laaksonen
- Wolfgang Tillmans
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