Inauguration of the exhibition “Poètiques desviades: artistes contemporanis LGBTIQ+ en la UPV” / Photo: Darío Ochoa
The exhibition “Deviant Poetics: Contemporary LGBTIQ+ Artist at the UPV” bring together works by LGBTIQ+ creators linked to the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV). The show promotes diversity, inclusion, and identity expression through contemporary art within the academic sphere.
The project is part of Queer Poetics a curatorial initiative promoted by UPV students and financed by the ENHANCE Alliance through the ENHANCE Diversity Seed Fund, with the support of the UPV Publishing House and the Universitat Politècnica de València.
The selection of participating artists includes Adrián Larok, Alex Jover, Alfonso del Moral, Andrés Cuesta Sacristán, Carmelo Gabaldón, Iván Arana, Joaquín Artime, José Manuel Pérez, Karim Sbila, Líam Alonso Álvarez, Liz Dust, Pepe Miralles, Víctor Marro i Viktor Giner. The call was open to contemporary artists of the collective with links to the UPV, with the aim of showcasing the diverse artistic community that inhabits the university.
The collected works build a collective story that defies established norms, addressing themes such as the representation of the body, the use of the materials, and the construction of identity through a queer methodology. Across a range of range of disciplines, the pieces invite viewers to rethink the hegemonic narratives of art and to open up spaces for what os diverse, intimate, and poetic.
“Deviant Poetics” thus offers a journey through multiple sensibilities and forms of creation, asserting the power of art as a tool to make visible, question, and transform through difference. The works will be on view until the 26th of november at l’Espai Expositiu Editorial UPV, Building 2F, ground floor.
Text original de Marcos Boludaadapted for the microweb ENHANCE UPV.
Alejandra Ramos
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