🔈Queerness in Art: Deconstructing Normativity | Lecture by Maciej Zdanovicz
🗓️Thursday, September 12, 18:00
📍America House Lviv, Akademika Hnatiuka street. 2, second floor
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This lecture will explore the influential role of the queer gaze in contemporary art as a tool for deconstructing and challenging normative cultural narratives. By examining how queer theory intersects with visual culture, the presentation will unpack how artists subvert traditional representations of gender, sexuality, and identity.
The queer gaze offers a critical perspective that not only resists the heteronormative structures pervasive in art history but also creates space for alternative, often marginalized voices. Through analyzing essential works, we will investigate how these creators use their art to question and reimagine social constructs, offering new modes of seeing and understanding.
The lecture will also consider how the queer gaze invites viewers to engage with art in ways that transcend conventional interpretations, fostering a deeper awareness of the fluid and performative nature of identity. By disrupting normative visual frameworks, these artists reflect their lived experiences and contribute to broader cultural dialogues about power, visibility, and inclusivity in art and beyond.
About speaker:
Maciej Zdanowicz is an intermedia artist and art theorist, an assistant professor at the Faculty of Art at the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland, where he leads the Intermedia Structures and Mechanisms of Seeing Studio. As Vice Dean for Educational and International Affairs and curator at the Center of Contemporary Arts ArtLAB, he has contributed to various curatorial projects, critical texts, and exhibitions. In 2022, Zdanowicz completed a research and artistic internship at West Liberty University in the United States.
He collaborates with SGC International at Kennesaw State University and has served as the International Representative. His research and artistic practice engage with contemporary issues in modern art, particularly through the lens of gender and queer studies. Zdanowicz is also a member of the editorial board of the "Visual Studies" international journal and continues to be a prominent figure in promoting and developing culture and art.