Brian Barr
Region: Midwest
I am interested in exploring and subverting the expectations of conventional masculinity. Through my drawings and paintings I investigate the relationship of supposed binaries, such as masculine/feminine and gay/straight. More specifically, I am concerned with how, collectively, we read the various signifiers of gender in relation to those binaries. I am also interested in how men perform their gender and sexuality according to culturally mediated roles.
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