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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Works by this artist (1 item)
Videos
In anticipation of the exhibition 40 under 40: Craft Futures, on view at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum from July 20, 2012 -- February 3, 2013, the museum asked the 40 artists featured to share personal videos of themselves with our audience. Here's what L.J. Roberts submitted—enjoy! Social Media Video, 2012 Digital video, color, sound, 2:07 Videography and Direction by Jennie Livingston Additional Videography and Editing by J Dellecave Courtesy of the artist