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URL:https://1718.ucla.edu/events/queer-kin/
SUMMARY:Queer Kin: Histories of Subversive Love at the William Andrews Clar
 k Memorial Library
DESCRIPTION:\nIn honor of Pride Month\, the William Andrews Clark Memorial 
 Library presents Queer Kin: Histories of Subversive Love at the William An
 drews Clark Memorial Library\, the first exhibit in our new quarterly exhi
 bition series. The display will pay homage to instances of LGBTQIA+ love a
 nd connection in the Clark Library collections. Queer Kin will feature rar
 e books\, drawings\, correspondence\, photographs\, fine press books\, scr
 eenprints\, and ephemera which recognize a range of non-heteronormative an
 d gender non-conforming relationships from the 18th century to the present
 . The show will display moments of absence and presence in the archive to 
 demonstrate the ways queer connections are preserved or concealed in libra
 ry collections. We will closely attend to Oscar Wilde’s romances with Lo
 rd Alfred Douglas and Robert Ross\; queer couples as creative collaborator
 s in the Aesthetic movement\, like Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts\; 
 and the radical power of lesbian love in printed materials. Aside from the
  capaciousness of queer kinship in the Clark Library’s holdings\, the li
 brary itself speaks to histories of queerness in 1920s Los Angeles. The ex
 hibit will examine the relationship between William Andrews Clark\, Jr.\, 
 the library’s founder\, and Harrison Post\, his partner and assistant li
 brarian\, as seen in the nude paintings of Post adorning the vestibule cei
 ling. Ultimately\, Queer Kin will urge visitors to critique conventional u
 nderstandings of family and romance.\n\nWe invite you to an advance showin
 g of Queer Kin. Exhibition curator\, Mal Meisels (they/them)\, the Clark L
 ibrary’s Instruction and Engagement Fellow\, will give a presentation on
  the exhibit in the Drawing Room. They will discuss the exhibit’s incept
 ion and its objects\, as well its relevance to contemporary LGBTQIA+ life 
 in the United States. Following the talk\, guests are invited to explore t
 he exhibition and accompanying book displays in the North and South Book R
 ooms\, and enjoy a light reception on the Front Terrace.\n\nThe exhibition
  will be on view until September 12\, and will be open by appointment only
 . To schedule an appointment\, please contact clarktours@humnet.ucla.edu.\
 n\n\n\nThe event is free to attend and will be held in-person at the Clark
  Library. Registration will close on Thursday\, June 12. Walk-in registran
 ts are welcome as space permits.\nLoading…\n\n\n\nImage: Al. Székely\,
  original watercolor for Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1963)
CATEGORIES:Special Event
LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street
 \, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States
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