Tongue-Tied for Pride, a pop-up shop featuring artwork from previously exhibited LGBTQIA+ artists, including Jacob Todd Broussard, Erik Hanson, Gabriel Martinez, Daniel Arthur Mendoza, Joe Sinness, Janie Stamm, and Dustin Yager. Tongue-Tied for Pride is designed to showcase our exhibiting artists' efforts in miniature with prices that won’t sink your budget.

Exhibition Dates:
June 4, 2022 - June 30, 2022

Artist Talk:
Jacob Todd Broussard, Saturday, June 4 @ 11:00am

TONGUE-TIED FOR PRIDE SHOP

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Jacob Todd Broussard (he/him)

Jacob Todd Broussard presents a number of works on paper for Tongue-Tied for Pride, which draw inspiration from the ornamental grotesque, creation myths, and mysticism.

Erik Hanson (he/him)

Paintings by New York-based artist Erik Hanson take pop culture characters Bluto and Popeye and read their intimacy, their violence, and their relationship through a queer lens. With this reading the paintings are elevated from cartoons and fight clouds to intimate portraits and moments of character-driven introspection.

Gabriel Martinez (he/him)

Six photographs from Gabriel Martinez’s new series “Untitled Parallels” are available as postcard-sized UV prints on aluminum, each with a float mount hanger on verso for easy installation.

Martinez produced these photographs in 2020 - in the depths of the pandemic - to highlight the absence of Queer bodies in communal spaces such as saunas, night clubs, and Fire Island. Through this the artist illustrates parallels between the AIDS crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prints are in stock and are part of an open edition.

Daniel Arthur Mendoza (he/him)

Daniel Arthur Mendoza’s cut and sewn works from secondhand fabrics and drawings explore themes of repression, vulnerability and queerness. Mendoza’s use of found materials and found imagery are hallmarks of a practice that explores the layering, coding, and performativity of queer romance.

Joe Sinness (he/him)

Available exclusively through this shop are four colored pencil drawings by Joe Sinness. Each drawing measures 12 x 8.5 inches, unframed.

Sinness created these drawings for Headmaster Magazine No. 8, “The Village People” issue. Sinness was one of six artists assigned projects analyzing contemporary issues through the lens of one of the six archetypes embodied by this iconic group. While other artists focused on cultural topics, critiquing the group’s social context and legacy, Sinness’ drawings illustrates overlapping and and divergent moments of sensuality and performative masculinity.

Janie Stamm (she/her)

Native Floridian Janie Stamm has crafted unique seashell souvenirs exclusively for the Tongue-Tied for Pride Shop.

Reflecting on the kitsch aesthetic that dominates boardwalks and shops across Florida, Stamm’s miniatures question the sustainability of such objects, highlighting their impact through beach-sourced shells, sand, and stickers.

Measurements vary for each piece.

Dustin Yager (he/they)

Dustin Yager has been working with clay for more than a dozen years, carefully developing expertise in working with porcelain on the pottery wheel. Yager is offering a number of ceramic works exclusively for the Tongue-Tied for Pride Shop, including his best-selling series of “Fuuuuuuuuuuuck” mugs, as well as vases, tumblers, shot glasses, bookends, and cups.