Arles 2016 : Sincerely Queer

I have always been interested in outsider discourses, those written outside mainstream history, far from any moral, political and social power or normalising gaze. That is why I have collected amateur photographs for many years: they show a different perspective on society. Cross-dressing is a great example. Bringing together photographs taken between the 19th century and the 1970s’, the exhibition “Sincerely Queer” is full of men and women who dared to play with gender in front of the camera’s eye, something that, perhaps, they would not have dreamed of doing in public. In private, these small groups boldly enjoyed experimenting with mixing gender roles. From these bubbles of privacy arose a spirit of rebellion that, decades later, came out into the streets to be openly expressed at last.

Sébastien Lifshitz

EXHIBITION
In Part of Les Rencontres d’Arles 2016
Sincerely Queer
Sébastien Lifshitz Collection
Exhibition curator: Sébastien Lifshitz.
Exhibition co-produced by the Rencontres d’Arles and the Galerie du jour agnès b.
From July 4th to September 25th, 2016
Atelier des Forges
13200 Arles
France
http://www.rencontres-arles.com

UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Sincerely Queer
Sébastien Lifshitz Collection
From November 3rd to December 17th, 2016
galerie du jour agnès b.
44, rue quincampoix
75004 Paris
France
http://www.galeriedujour.com