Callum McGrath: You Get to Determine the Reality
Callum McGrath's exhibition You Get to Determine the Reality explores alternative constructions of queer history, culture and dissident queer figures through the lens of political ambivalence. Developed in conjunction with McGrath’s PhD at MADA, the exhibition features two new works, William & John and How to Build the Future. Interrogating the mainstreaming, homogenisation and state sponsored sanitisation of queer history and culture McGrath asks; who constitutes the queer public? The exhibition blurs the boundaries between historical research and fiction, questioning how state agencies, systems of power and political ideologies control the authorship of historical representation. In obscuring his own political perspectives, You Get to Determine the Reality invites the viewer to make their own meaning of the past.
Event Details
- Date:
- 11 December 2024 at 10:00 am – 20 December 2024 at 5:00 pm
- Venue:
- MADA Gallery, Building D, Caulfield campus
- Categories:
- Fine Art; Gallery / Exhibition; Gallery: MADA Gallery
Description
Callum McGrath's exhibition You Get to Determine the Reality explores alternative constructions of queer history, culture and dissident queer figures through the lens of political ambivalence. Developed in conjunction with McGrath’s PhD at MADA, the exhibition features two new works, William & John and How to Build the Future. Interrogating the mainstreaming, homogenisation and state sponsored sanitisation of queer history and culture McGrath asks; who constitutes the queer public? The exhibition blurs the boundaries between historical research and fiction, questioning how state agencies, systems of power and political ideologies control the authorship of historical representation. In obscuring his own political perspectives, You Get to Determine the Reality invites the viewer to make their own meaning of the past.