Ron Athey’s first major U.S. show at ICA

24th June 2021, 4:20 pm

As one of the most generative and important performance artists to emerge in the twentieth century, Athey challenges traditional limits of artistic practice—activating the body as a site of trauma, resistance, sexuality, and religious ecstacy. The artist, who has been HIV positive since the mid-1980s, explores pain, fetishism, power, and queer politics, commenting on the intersections and synergies among Christian fundamentalist religious traditions and ritual, through highly visceral performances and interventions.

Queer Communion: Ron Athey

19th Jun 2021 – 5th Sep 2021 @ 12:00 am – This exhibition is the first major U.S. solo museum presentation of renowned Los Angeles-based performance artist Ron Athey (b. 1961), organized by guest curator Amelia Jones, noted art historian and Robert A. Day Professor of Art & Design, Vice Dean of Academics & Research, and Chair of Critical Studies at USC Roski School […]

Published: 24th June 2021

Tags: Amelia Jones, ICA LA, Queer Communion, Ron Athey

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