He Had Money and Standing, They Had Youth and Beauty: A Response to About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and Queer Art

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Research Article| October 01 2019 He Had Money and Standing, They Had Youth and Beauty: A Response to About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and Queer Art Matt Morris; Matt Morris Matt Morris is an artist, writer, educator, and curator based in Chicago. He analyzes forms of attachment and intimacy through painting, perfume, photography, and institutional critique. He has presented artwork nationally and internationally including Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York, New York; Krabbesholm Høskole, Skive, Denmark; Shane Campbell Gallery, Queer Thoughts, and Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois; The Mary + Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, Illinois; the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois; the Poor Farm, Manawa, Wisconsin; and the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a contributor to Artforum. com, Art Papers, ART news, Flash Art, Newcity, Sculpture, The Seen, and X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly, and his writing appears in numerous exhibition catalogues and artist monographs. He is a transplant from southern Louisiana who holds a BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and earned an MFA in Art Theory + Practice from Northwestern University, as well as a Certificate in Gender + Sexuality Studies. In 2017 he earned a Certification in Fairyology from Doreen Virtue, PhD. Morris is an adjunct assistant professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. More information at www.mattmorrisworks.com. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Jade Yumang Jade Yumang Jade Yumang is named after his mother’s beauty salon and from an earlier age has been obsessed with beautiful, yet slightly off, things. His work primarily focuses on the concept of queer form through sculptural abstraction, installation, and performance. He received his MFA at Parsons School of Design with Departmental Honors in 2012 and his BFA Honors in University of British Columbia in 2008. Selected exhibitions include Art League (Houston, Texas), TRUCK Contemporary Art (Calgary, Alberta, Canada); Des Moines Art Center (Des Moines, Iowa), Western Exhibitions (Chicago), BronxArtSpace (Bronx, New York), Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, New York), Museum of Arts and Design (New York, New York), the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art (New York, New York), District of Columbia Arts Center (Washington, DC), Glasshouse (Brooklyn, New York), and ONE Archives (Los Angeles, California). He is a recipient of several grants from Canada Council for the Arts and British Columbia Arts Council and featured in a book entitled, Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community. He was born in Quezon City, Philippines, grew up in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, immigrated to unceded Coast Salish territories in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and lives in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is part of a New York-based collaborative duo, Tatlo, with Sara Jimenez and an assistant professor in the Department of Fiber and Material Studies at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His works can be viewed at jadeyumang.com and collaborative work at tatlo.info. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking (2019) 6 (3): 166–188. https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.6.3.0166 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Matt Morris, Jade Yumang; He Had Money and Standing, They Had Youth and Beauty: A Response to About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and Queer Art. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking 1 October 2019; 6 (3): 166–188. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.6.3.0166 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressQED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2019 Michigan State University2019 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.