Shelby Head
Providence, RI
My art practice challenges social and linguistic constructs in the United States through precisely crafted artworks organized into collections.
MessageThis work embodies the paradox of trying to define what inherently resists definition. A slender figure teeters on the precipice of a high beam, tethered to a fragile, suspended form below. The tension in the string suggests connection yet instability—a line between presence and absence, knowing and unknowing. The sculpture stages the impossibility of pinning queerness to a singular image or language, echoing Jagose’s warning that attempts to grasp queerness risk fixing it. Instead, the piece opens a field of potentialities—elastic, precarious, and unresolved—inviting the viewer to witness queerness as movement, not category.
- Collections: Am I that Name?
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