THE ROMANCE OF ENTANGLEMENT

(IN THE ERA OF THE OBSERVER’S PARADOX)

The Bureau is proud to present our summer exhibition: The Romance of Entanglement (in the Era of the Observer's Paradox), opening on Thursday, June 8th! Please join us as we celebrate the creativity, joy and resilience of queer existence.

The Romance of Entanglement presents the work of artists working across photography, fiber arts, painting, printmaking, drawing and installation. The work in this exhibit has been made in deep collaboration with larger communities and in communication with queer legacies and histories.

Weaving, quilting and drag are some of the communal and performative traditions artists draw from. These processes speak back to the collaborative art-making traditions of queer and feminist activism and performance. Working with color, pattern, texture and symbols, much of the work in this show signals ecstatic joy and vibrates with abundance.

Other work interrogates capitalist systems and the tropes of representation produced by the dominant culture. This work posits queerness as an act of generative disobedience, offering an alternate lexicon where the erased and invisible become seen, empowered and celebrated.

In an increasingly hostile landscape for LGBTQ+ people, this exhibit offers a utopian re-envisioning of the present and a portal into the future. It chronicles the ways we are creating safety for ourselves, conjuring utopian visions into existence.