LIFESTYLE PLUS FORM BUNDLE—-JUNE 23rd..SATURDAY!

Lifestyle Plus Form Bundle is a feminist / queer / – print portfolio show at MADAME OF THE ARTS SATURDAY JUNE 23rd showcasing abstract works on paper by artists from Minneapolis, Chicago, New York,and Montreal. If formalist notions of art are described as  pure explorati…on of line/color/composition/shape devoid of context or content… What happens when intuitive abstraction is derived from a feminist/queer body? We are gathering these gestures to create a communal folder of abstracted decisions…to see how these forms are viewed and contextualized with queerness in mind, allowing for a political interpretation of non-representation. Works on paper range from silkscreens, risographs, offset prints, digital and xerox. OPENING: SATURDAY JUNE 23rd (PRIDE WEEKEND) 8pm @ Madame of the Arts Portfolios will be for sale. DJ Set by PLUNGING NECKLINES followed by Erotic Storytelling…details tba. Artists: REH Gordon (NYC) Aay Preston-Myint (CHI) Andrew Boos (MPLS) Walter Scott (MTL Canada) Britta Anderson (MPLS) Michael Franklin (MPLS) Daniel Luedtke (MPLS) Ector Garcia (CHI) Dante Carlos (MPLS) Katelyn Farstad (MPLS) Edie Fake (CHI) Jes Buns (MPLS)