Barbershop
The Barber Shop presents
Painfully Obvious
by Chad States
While visiting my parent's home, I
went through a box of my childhood
photographs and belongings. I found
no drawings of tanks or planes or
army men – instead I discovered
drawings of horses, rainbows and
teddy bears. Inspecting family
photos and school portraits proved
just as disconcerting. I was
looking at a box full of evidence
that was full of clues, so painfully
obvious, of my sexual identity that
anyone could see it. Gleaning a
survey of photographs and belongings
that I feel point towards my gay
identity long before I had ever
articulated it to myself, this
personal investigation asks the
viewer about their own notions of
what signifies gayness and whether
these signs can be seen as proof of
an identity.
Saturday February 9th 2008
6-8pm
1852 Tulip Street, Philadelphia, PA
More info:
thebarbershopgallery@gmail.com
Past Exhibitions
La Dolce Vita
by C. Pazia Mannella
Saturday November 17 2007
7-9pm
Tyler Hall
more info:
thebarbershopgallery@gmail.com
