Quarter Two Exhibition Opening: You Are Here Too, curated by Kink

Join the Institute of Modern Art in celebrating the opening of second quarter exhibition for our fiftieth-anniversary artistic program. Take a first look at You Are Here Too, curated by Kink, and experience program of exciting performances from queer Australian artists.

You Are Here Too presents a collection of works by contemporary Australian artists exploring queer desire and sexuality. It serves as both a celebration and a response to the groundbreaking 1992 show You Are Here at the Institute of Modern Art, which made history as Queensland’s first exhibition featuring exclusively gay artists during the height of the AIDS crisis.

Thirty-three years later, this contemporary reflection examines the evolution of LGBTQI+ expression in Australia, showcasing new and existing works that present queer desire as ‘amorphous, fluid, temporal, retreating, explicit, abstracted and political.’ Featured artists include Holly Bates, Nick Breedon, Alexis Kanatsios, Gian Manik, and Yangamini, with performances by Leen Rieth, Crystal Love, and others.

The show has been curated by the Kink collective, adjunct curators at the Institute of Modern Art. It emphasises First Nations and trans experiences as central to the exhibition, noting that they can’t be contained by the same narratives that dominated queer history and culture in previous generations. The exhibition is complemented by a film and video program.

Content Warning: This exhibition contains coarse language and sexual themes.