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L.J. Roberts, The Queer Houses of Brooklyn in the Three Towns of Breukelen, Boswyck, and Midwout during the 41st Year of the Stonewall Era (based on a 2010 drawing by Daniel Rosza Lang/Levitsky with 24 illustrations by Buzz Slutzky on printed pin-back buttons), 2011, poly-fill, acrylic, rayon, Lurex, wool, polyester, cotton, lamé, sequins, and blended fabrics with printed pin-back buttons, 138 x 114 x 108 in. (350.5 x 289.6 x 274.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Elaine Reuben, 2012.43, © 2011, L.J. Roberts
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Artwork Details
- Title
- The Queer Houses of Brooklyn in the Three Towns of Breukelen, Boswyck, and Midwout during the 41st Year of the Stonewall Era (based on a 2010 drawing by Daniel Rosza Lang/Levitsky with 24 illustrations by Buzz Slutzky on printed pin-back buttons)
- Artist
- Assistants
- Date
- 2011
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 138 x 114 x 108 in. (350.5 x 289.6 x 274.3 cm)
- Copyright
- © 2011, L.J. Roberts
- Credit Line
- Gift of Elaine Reuben
- Mediums Description
- poly-fill, acrylic, rayon, Lurex, wool, polyester, cotton, lamé, sequins, and blended fabrics with printed pin-back buttons
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Abstract
- Object Number
- 2012.43
Artwork Description
L. J. Roberts knitted and sewed this map of queer community building in Brooklyn, New York. The map is based on a drawing by Rosza Daniel Lang/Levitsky made in honor of Brooklyn’s 2010 Queer House Field Day. Roberts’s large-scale work is a vibrantly colored collage of knitted rectangular poufs, reminiscent of both handmade patchwork quilts and the brickwork of Brooklyn rowhouses. Hot pink triangles (a symbol of LGBTQ self-identity) mark the homes with open doors. Queer Houses continues the work of radical community organizing that changes the home, not the inhabitants.
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