Seen
Virtual Exhibition

The Exchange
Princes St, Penzance, TR18 2NL

An Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme Exhibition.

Seen is co-curated by young LGBTQIA+ people from Cornwall aged between 11 – 19 working in partnership with LGBT+ charity The Intercom Trust, and SHARP, Programme Producer.

Through workshops and conversation about contemporary art the young people have explored the importance of representation within art and culture and the many sides of what it means to be seen. The expanding subject of Queer art involves an important history of reclamation, resistance, love and freedom and often explores personal experiences as well as depictions of LGBTQIA+ cultures.

This exhibition increases young LGBTQIA+ people’s engagement with contemporary art, allows them to create a platform that speaks to them, for new voices to be heard and for them to be seen.

Featured artists: Francis Bacon, Flo Brooks, Duncan Grant, Sunil Gupta, Maggi Hambling, David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, Evan Ifekoya, Michael Craig Martin, David Robilliard, P Staff, and Wolfgang Tillmans

Seen is the second in a series of exhibitions curated by young people across the three Arts Council Collection National Partners 19-22 sites. House Share curated by Young Art Kommunity (YAK) at Firstsite, Colchester is on view from 26 June - 5 September 2021 and Sunderland Culture located in Tyne and Wear will host their exhibition curated by Young Curators, Celebrate Different, in early 2022.

Find out more: artscouncilcollection.org.uk
From 23rd October 2021 to 8th January 2022

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