Rodney McMillian
In Other Realms
Finissage
and Artist Talk
Saturday, 13 June
12:30 pm
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Mikołaj Sobczak
Kozak i Sarmata (Cossack and Sarmatian), 2021Glaze on biscuit ceramicSigned, titled and dated on bottom21 x 15 x 15 cm
8.3 x 5.9 x 5.9 inchesB-MSOBCZAK-.25-0020This vase juxtaposes two clandestine amateur photographs: a Polish nobleman kissing a Ukrainian Cossack, and domestic wrestling between two female impersonators, once published in the underground newsletter “Letters from Female...This vase juxtaposes two clandestine amateur photographs: a Polish nobleman kissing a Ukrainian Cossack, and domestic wrestling between two female impersonators, once published in the underground newsletter “Letters from Female Impersonators.” By inscribing these intimate acts onto a household object, the work foregrounds quiet domestic rebellion. suggesting that revolutions often begin in kitchens, where private gestures unsettle binaries and cultural norms.