Visual Art from Louis Walker

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Artist Statement:

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Claude Cahun (2023)

Artist Statement:

Lino print of Claude Cahun’s 1927 photographic self-portrait I am in training don’t kiss me. Cahun made work explicitly about gender and queerness in the early 20th Century. In their book Aveux non Avenus (published in English as Disavowals), they wrote: “Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.”

I wanna look like what I am (2023)

Transcript:

“I wanna look like what I am but don’t know what someone like me looks like. I mean, when people look at me I want them to think - there’s one of those people that reasons, that is a philosopher, that has their own interpretation of happiness. That’s what I am.

- Lou Sullivan

Artist Statement:

This excerpt from Lou Sullivan’s teenage diaries really speaks to the beauty of transness. The construction of self, the resilience to seek out a way of living that has been obstructed from view, the deep thought and introspection that we pay ourselves. In creating this print I got to sit with these few lines for a few hours, listening to archived talks on digitaltransgenderarchive, thinking about Lou and his life and legacy. Carving the words in reverse - his words in my handwriting flipped and reflected back at me. I’ve spent a lot of time with Lou these past few months, and this print is my way of honouring his dedication to preserving trans histories, so that we can more easily construct ourselves with connection to history.

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