Mathew Jones
Snugglepot & Cuddlepie Are Gay!
Taking recent suggestion that May Gibbs’ 1918 childrens’ classic is ‘queerly contemporary,’ Jones proposes it is not the eponymous boys (kissing and cuddling and constantly presenting their bare buttocks to everyone) who are Gay, but the Banksia Men with their unbridled non-reproductive sexuality and fervent opposition to Children as the Future.
Taking recent suggestion that May Gibbs’ 1918 childrens’ classic is ‘queerly contemporary,’ Jones proposes it is not the eponymous boys (kissing and cuddling and constantly presenting their bare buttocks to everyone) who are Gay, but the Banksia Men with their unbridled non-reproductive sexuality and fervent opposition to Children as the Future.
Mathew Jones
Mathew Jones, Installation view 1
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