Chinese-American artist Jeffrey Cheung’s hairy and intertwined queer and trans figures gave me a lift today. Playful and positive, and sweet as ice cream ads, Cheung’s 2016 exhibition featured comfortable peach and pink figures in couplings, but with some minor adjustments to his palette and the numbers of figures, his recent paintings depict multicolored figures in sexually playful groups.
“Celebrating all bodies, especially those of people of color, is what I am excited to depict; images of human connection, unity, and love.” – Jeffrey Cheung
Happy pride weekend!
Jeffrey Cheung, mural outside of Starline Social Club, Oakland, 2020
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Celebrate the hairy and intertwined
Chinese-American artist Jeffrey Cheung’s hairy and intertwined queer and trans figures gave me a lift today. Playful and positive, and sweet as ice cream ads, Cheung’s 2016 exhibition featured comfortable peach and pink figures in couplings, but with some minor adjustments to his palette and the numbers of figures, his recent paintings depict multicolored figures in sexually playful groups.
“Celebrating all bodies, especially those of people of color, is what I am excited to depict; images of human connection, unity, and love.” – Jeffrey Cheung
Happy pride weekend!
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