Through objects, text, and installation, O.Bjorn Cross’ exhibition Leather Mourning invites us to participate in the intimate timeless ritual of queer collective grief.
Opening Friday, November 6th, 7 to 9 pm.
Show Runs Saturday/Sundays, November 7th to 22nd, 11am to 4pm.
Artist Talk on Saturday, November 22nd, 1pm.
O.Bjorn Cross’ exhibition Leather Mourning invites us to participate in the intimate timeless ritual of queer collective grief. Focussing on the impact of HIV / AIDS and how historical queer leather communities experienced loss together, he highlights similarities and differences in how these communities’ contemporary counterparts participate in grief.
Cross uses found and altered objects, text based work, containers, and fabricated artifacts to showcase these findings, mourn his queer ancestors, and hold the loss of his father in a communal mourning rather than alone.
Viewers are invited to bring their own grief into this exhibition, feel others, and mourn together, however that may look..
Website: objorncross.com
Instagram: @objorncross
For more information about this exhibition, please visit the detailed artist page here
Xchanges gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Government of British Columbia and the CRD Arts & Culture Support Service
