Photo : Michael Patten
Photo : Michael Patten
Aaron McIntosh
Entanglements: Dying to Live / The Real Dirt, 2023
Impression numérique sur coton, appliqué de coton imprimé vintage, bourre de coton, fil, armature en acier, revêtement en émail ; pot de fleurs fabriqué avec de la pâte à papier créée à partir de t-shirts de bars en cuir gay ; compost queer créé avec des contributions de la communauté 2SLGBTQI+ dépulpées et pressées / Digital print on cotton, vintage print cotton appliqué, cotton batting, thread, steel frame armature, enamel coating; flower pots created from pulped gay leather bar t-shirts; queer compost created from pulped and pressed 2SLGBTQI+ community contributions
110 x 73 x 12 "
279.4 x 185.4 x 30.5 cm
279.4 x 185.4 x 30.5 cm
© Aaron McIntosh
$ 12,500
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A fourth-generation quilter, McIntosh's practice is deeply rooted in fiber. He uses this heritage as a language, for it offers him both a tactile trace of kinship and a political...
A fourth-generation quilter, McIntosh's practice is deeply rooted in fiber. He uses this heritage as a language, for it offers him both a tactile trace of kinship and a political platform. In Entanglements, the artist takes up the metaphorical potential of plant life, where he finds speculative roots for constructing and exploring queer ecologies. McIntosh rejects the colonialist and heteronormative paradigms that dominate botany in its perpetual "othering" of homosexuality. Instead, he asks how we might imagine homosexuality through the sexual and gendered dynamics present in the plant world. Through botanic appliqué, this quilt entangles a cover image and news stories from a 1985 issue of “The Body Politic,” in which is published a listing of community groups and services of interest to lesbians and gay men throughout Canada. While these archival sources highlight the progress made in terms of visibility and rights, they also invite reflection on the current erosion of these gains and the challenges still faced by queer communities today.