THE LAVENDER FLAIR
2022-10-24The Lavender Flair,” is an exhibition of artworks by artists influenced by or associated with James Bidgood (1933-2022).
James Bidgood came of age during the height of the “red scare,” an epidemic of paranoia regarding communism spearheaded by Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy, who represented Bidgood’s home state of Wisconsin. During this period, Bidgood was settling into his new life in New York City, and the anti-communist movement shifted to include any individual who was viewed as a threat against the nation. This secondary movement has been referred to as the “lavender scare”—a mass purging of gay government workers and a wave of explicitly homophobic policies.
Opposite – Lori Nix/Kathleen Gerber, Botanical Garden, 2008
Exhibition runs through to October 29th, 2022
CLAMP
247 West 29th Street, Ground Floor
New York
NY 10001
