REVEALED ARMOR: LEATHER AND LIGHT
Slemmons Gallery
May 31 2024 to July 12, 2024
Inspired by archival research in Chicago, Samuel Schwindt’s site-specific installations and sculpture explore stories both forgotten and willfully disappeared. He rebuilds and recontextualizes Chicago Queer spaces of the past, seeking to showcase the LGBTQ+ community’s fight for equality. Curated by independent curator and media producer, Pia Cruzalegui, Revealed Armor: Leather and Light is an exhibition about untold tales and inconclusive archives. The work celebrates the humanity of LGBTQ+ persons, emphasizing light, boldness, discovery, and the impetus of an artist reconciling past and present.
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REVEALED ARMOR: LEATHER AND LIGHT
Slemmons Gallery
May 31 2024 to July 12, 2024
Inspired by archival research in Chicago, Samuel Schwindt’s site-specific installations and sculpture explore stories both forgotten and willfully disappeared. He rebuilds and recontextualizes Chicago Queer spaces of the past, seeking to showcase the LGBTQ+ community’s fight for equality. Curated by independent curator and media producer, Pia Cruzalegui, Revealed Armor: Leather and Light is an exhibition about untold tales and inconclusive archives. The work celebrates the humanity of LGBTQ+ persons, emphasizing light, boldness, discovery, and the impetus of an artist reconciling past and present.
Click HERE for more information on gallery hours and private appointments.
Originally from Indianapolis, IN, Schwindt received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2019) and is an MFA candidate at University of Illinois at Chicago (expected May 2024). Recent exhibitions include installations at Gallery 400, the Leather Archives and Museum, Evanston Art Center, Boccarra Art Brooklyn, Jackson Junge Gallery, and Chicago Sculpture International Project Space.
As an independent curator, Pia Cruzalegui (b. Peru) places special focus on contemporary issues related to the environment, women, and LGBTQ+ community. She has organized exhibitions in Chicago, Miami, and abroad, and is the producer of Oral Fixation Art Podcast. Pia received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2016) and a BA in Video, Film, and Multimedia from Florida Atlantic
Originally from Indianapolis, IN, Schwindt received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2019) and is an MFA candidate at University of Illinois at Chicago (expected May 2024). Recent exhibitions include installations at Gallery 400, the Leather Archives and Museum, Evanston Art Center, Boccarra Art Brooklyn, Jackson Junge Gallery, and Chicago Sculpture International Project Space.
As an independent curator, Pia Cruzalegui (b. Peru) places special focus on contemporary issues related to the environment, women, and LGBTQ+ community. She has organized exhibitions in Chicago, Miami, and abroad, and is the producer of Oral Fixation Art Podcast. Pia received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2016) and a BA in Video, Film, and Multimedia from Florida Atlantic
