The exhibition critically reevaluates the objectification of the female body in visual art, shifting the focus to the representation of the female experience and a feminist approach. For the first time in Latvia, queer Baltic art has been collected so widely, demonstrating inclusive thinking and openness to questions of self-identity, which are connected with the awareness of sexuality.
“The exhibition will celebrate the diversity of sexuality at a time when authoritarian regimes both in our neighborhood and elsewhere in the world violently oppress and persecute people who identify and desire differently. Continuing in the exhibition curated by Elita Ansone Just don’t cry! initiated institutional criticism, In the name of lust for the first time in the history of the Latvian National Art Museum, a comprehensive selection of Latvian LGBT+ art will be presented. With the exhibition, we want to stimulate debate on taboo but existentially important topics and promote the acceptance of diversity in Latvian society. Because where there is no place for diversity, there is no place for freedom,» emphasizes one of the curators of the exhibition, philosopher Igors Gubenko.
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