Linda Simpson: The Drag Explosion

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Linda Simpson, "Lady Bunny, Misstress Formika, Sweetie, Anna Conda and Tabboo! in the Pyramid Club dressing room," 1992

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Experience the landmark and paradigm-shifting New York City drag scene of the 1980s and 1990s through the lens of Linda Simpson, an integral member of this scene, in the exhibition The Drag Explosion. Guest curator Gary Varro brings forty diaristic snapshots by Simpson to the Art Gallery of Regina in the first-ever gallery exhibition of these photographic prints. Simpson’s photographs are not nostalgic images of outsiders, but frank accounts of love, resistance, pride and pain in which gallery visitors may recognize themselves and their own experiences.

Opening reception: Thursday, August 11 from 7:00 - 9:00 PM.