500X Gallery in partnership with The MAC, Queer Me Now: The Queer Body and Gaze is an intimate art show by five young LGBTQIA artists in the Dallas Ft. Worth area. The exhibit showcases fresh talent of queer artists making queer art in the local community. Queer Me Now is curated by 500X member, Narong Tintamusik, and features works by Joshua Bryant, Jer’Lisa Devezin, Steven Hector Gonzalez, Christian Roman, and Gem You.
In Queer Me Now, artists explore the act of viewing one's body and other's through queer lens. Working through personal experience of objectification and desire, each artist investigate this relationship through their practice. Deconstructed, sculptural limbs and clumps of repeating body parts present themselves alongside flat surfaces containing lipstick and fingerprint impressions. Sexually charged narratives from gratuitous social media selfies and pretend fantasies lay with colorful derivatives of attraction and repulsion.
Jer'Lisa Devezin
Joshua Bryant and Jer'Lisa Devezin
Christian Roman
Christian Roman
Gem You
Steven Hector Gonzalez
Steven Hector Gonzalez
Joshua Bryant
Joshua Bryant
Joshua Bryant
Gem You
Steven Hector Gonzalez and Gem You
Steven Hector Gonzalez
Where The Boys Are
Video, 2:52 mins
2019
Steven Hector Gonzalez
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Archival Inkjet Print, Ed. 5/5
2019
Steven Hector Gonzalez
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Archival Inkjet Print, Ed. 5/5
2019
Christian Roman
Love Choke
Ink and marker on paper
2019
Christian Roman
Homies
Ink and marker on paper
2019
Christian Roman
Tricks & Treats
Mixed media on paper
2019
Christian Roman
Cream
Mixed media on paper
2019
Jer'Lisa Devezin
Shawties Stacked
Ceramic
2019
Jer'Lisa Devezin
Four the hard way: Tapped
Mixed media
2019
Jer'Lisa Devezin
GTF.
Ceramic
2019
Joshua Bryant
Untitled
Fabric, rope, wood, wire, and glove
2019
Joshua Bryant
Untitled
Couch cushions, found wood, and screws
2019
Joshua Bryant
Untitled
Pillow, air duct clamp, and nail
2019
Joshua Bryant
Untitled
Deconstructed chair
2019
Gem You
Trade4Trade
Linocut on paper
2016
Gem You
Besando mis Heridas
Sephora on mulberry paper
2019
Gem You
Glitter Blue
Martha Stewart glitter and acrylic on paper
2013
Gem You
Cheap Fuck
Acrylic on paper
2013
Gem You
Love Scars
Screen print and linocut embossment on paper
2016