Up, Art & Away! Art Superheroism with TextaQueen

What superpowers do artists need to create and survive in the arts universe? In Up, Art and Away! TextaQueen seeks to draw out answers via bold and bright superhero scenarios, peeking out of the Arts House windows.

TextaQueen is Australia’s felt-tip superhero. Her portraits use the humble and unforgiving felt-tip pen – aka ‘Texta’ – to explore the complex politics of race, sexuality, gender and identity in tandem with ideas of self-image and interpersonal relationships. Born out of a collaborative exchange of ideas between artist and subject, TextaQueen’s work articulates delicate interplays between vulnerability and empowerment, intimacy and exhibitionism, and subjective and collective expressions of feminist, queer, racial and cultural identities.

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TextaQueen

How to best experience the work:
This work is best experienced from the outside of the building after dark (around 9pm from Dec- Jan)…each window is different so take your time wandering up Queensberry St and round the corner to Errol St.