Eden Through A Glory Hole
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, July 25th
EDEN THROUGH A GLORY HOLE
Featuring Anwar Mahdi, Val Schlosberg, Mariposa Martinez, Tali Halpern & Alex Lecce
June 13-July 25, 2025
Chicago Art Department
Opening June 13, 6-9pm
Open hours by appointment M-F 12pm-6pm
As political pundits ponder the “eradication” of trans lives from public space, Eden Through A Glory Hole conjures and asserts an expansive, ecstatic vision of gay and trans belonging to community, culture, and cosmos. Peeking through portals, key holes, glory holes, and sweaty pores, we see glimpses of a fantastical parallel reality that is already thriving, hidden in plain sight.
Telling stories across print, textile, and ceramic mediums, together we re-appropriate, invert, and extravagantly elaborate on symbolic vocabularies of power and hegemony, making way for a new world to emerge through the cracks in the concrete. Drawing from our divergent formative mythologies, carried through time and diaspora, we meet in the erotic, imaginal dreamspace and reveal the secret portal to the city’s underground. 🕳️ 🌀 🚪
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Tags: Alex Lecce, Anwar Mahdi, Chicago, Chicago Art Department, Eden Through A Glory Hole, Lower West Side, Mariposa Martinez, Tali Halpern, Val Schlosberg
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