Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon
The New Museum
New York, NY
September 17, 2017-January 1, 2018
“Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon” investigates gender’s place in contemporary art and culture at a moment of political upheaval and renewed culture wars. The exhibition features an intergenerational group of artists who explore gender beyond the binary to usher in more fluid and inclusive expressions of identity. The exhibition’s title, “Trigger,” takes into account that word’s range of meanings, variously problematic and potent; the term evokes both traumatic recall and mechanisms that, set into motion, are capable of igniting radical change.
A full list of exhibition-related public programs is available here.
Contributions by Morgan Bassichis (b. 1983), Sadie Benning (b. 1973), Nayland Blake (b. 1960), Justin Vivian Bond (b. 1963), Gregg Bordowitz (b. 1964), Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz (working together since 2007), Nancy Brooks Brody (b. 1962), A.K. Burns (b. 1975) and A.L. Steiner (b. 1967), Leidy Churchman (b. 1979), Liz Collins (b. 1968), Vaginal Davis (b. 1969), Harry Dodge (b. 1966), The Dyke Division of the Two-Headed Calf (founded in 2008), Josh Faught (b. 1979), ektor garcia (b. 1985), Mariah Garnett (b. 1980), Reina Gossett (b. 1983) and Sasha Wortzel (b. 1983), Sharon Hayes (b. 1970), House of Ladosha (founded in 2007), Stanya Kahn (b. 1968) Carolyn Lazard (b. 1987), Simone Leigh (b. 1967), Ellen Lesperance (b. 1971), Candice Lin (b. 1979), Troy Michie (b. 1985), Ulrike Müller (b. 1971), Willa Nasatir (b. 1990), Sondra Perry (b. 1986), Christina Quarles (b. 1985), Connie Samaras (b. 1950), Curtis Talwst Santiago (b. 1979), Tschabalala Self (b. 1990), Paul Mpagi Sepuya (b. 1982), Tuesday Smillie (b. 1981), Sable Elyse Smith (b. 1986)
Patrick Staff (b. 1987), Diamond Stingily (b. 1990), Mickalene Thomas (b. 1971), Wu Tsang (b. 1982), Chris E. Vargas (b. 1978), Geo Wyeth (b. 1984), and Anicka Yi (b. 1971).
Curated by Johanna Burton, Sara O’Keeffe, and Natalie Bell.