Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender and Identity
This major exhibition will
feature over 80 modern and contemporary artworks by internationally renowned
artists who explore themes of gender, sexuality and identity in
art.
A ground-breaking and vital exhibition which marks the 50th anniversary of
the partial decriminalisation of male homosexual acts in England and Wales (1967
Sexual Offences Act). Taking
1967 as a starting point, the exhibition will reveal new research into LGBT
history and visual culture showcasing artworks from The Arts Council Collection,
National Museums Liverpool and Birmingham鈥檚 collection.
Artists
There will be also be a series of stunning contemporary art interventions in Birmingham鈥檚 collection displays throughout the museum in the Coming Out Gallery Trail. Follow the trail to learn about artworks from the 1700s to the present day and how views of sexuality and gender identities have evolved and continue to evolve today.
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This major exhibition will
feature over 80 modern and contemporary artworks by internationally renowned
artists who explore themes of gender, sexuality and identity in
art.
A ground-breaking and vital exhibition which marks the 50th anniversary of
the partial decriminalisation of male homosexual acts in England and Wales (1967
Sexual Offences Act). Taking
1967 as a starting point, the exhibition will reveal new research into LGBT
history and visual culture showcasing artworks from The Arts Council Collection,
National Museums Liverpool and Birmingham鈥檚 collection.
Artists
There will be also be a series of stunning contemporary art interventions in Birmingham鈥檚 collection displays throughout the museum in the Coming Out Gallery Trail. Follow the trail to learn about artworks from the 1700s to the present day and how views of sexuality and gender identities have evolved and continue to evolve today.
Artists on show
- Andrea Hamilton
- Andy Warhol
- Anne Wright
- Anya Gallaccio
- Bob Jardine
- Catherine Opie
- Charlotte Prodger
- Chila Kumari Burman
- Colin Hall
- David Harrison
- David Hockney
- David Hurn
- David Robilliard
- Derek Jarman
- Derek Ridgers
- Eric Bainbridge
- Francis Bacon
- Gillian Wearing
- Grayson Perry
- Hadrian Pigott
- Hannah Quinlan
- Harry Diamond
- Hilary Lloyd
- Isaac Julien
- James Richards
- Jez Dolan
- John Walter
- Karen Knorr
- Kate Davis
- Kate Davis
- Keith Vaughan
- Margaret Harrison
- Mario Dubsky
- Mark Francis
- Marvin Gaye Chetwynd
- Matt Read Smith
- Matt Sheridan Smith
- Maud Sulter
- Richard Hamilton
- Richard Lindner
- Robert Colquhoun
- Robert MacBryde
- Rosie Hastings
- Sarah Lucas
- Steve McQueen
- Sunil Gupta
- Vanley Burke
- Zanele Muholi
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