Come Out and Play is a new queer-themed art exhibit that has been mounted to support the work of LGBTQ+ homelessness charity Albert Kennedy Trust . Curated by Andrew Salagdo it celebrates internationally-based queer artists who prioritize a bold approach and work that is celebratory, challenging, and progressive. Hearthrob Brit actor Russell Tovey who has an impressive and well-deserved reputation as both a contemporary art collector and critic …….and is also the patron of the Charity …. has authored the exhibition text
The artists include Adam Baker Paul Booth Katherine Bradford J. Carino Giorgio Celin Wenjie Ding KEEYA Kris Knight • Navot Miller Andrew Moncrief Gori Mora Emily Oliveira Ally Rosenberg Andrew Salgado Logan T. Sibrel Krzysztof Strzelecki• Brea Weinreb • Caleb Yono – present queerness as manifest through color and play, a subject matter free from taboo or shame, and a greater practice that responds to the contemporary ideology of what it means to be a queer artist in society.
Come Out & Play at BEERS London, 51 Little Britain, London EC1A 7BH from June 19 – July 16. For more info, CLICK HERE