BUTCH is a photographic exploration of the liminal space occupied by female masculinity in contemporary communities. SD Holman delineates Butch not as oppositional to Femme and Trans identities, but as an inclusive site of resistance to limitations on the way women, gender, and sexuality are still defined. The images honour the mercurial beauty, power and diversity of women who transgress the gender binary - celebrating the transversal dialectic of female masculinity, unapologetic and undiluted....
BUTCH is a photographic exploration of the liminal space occupied by female masculinity in contemporary communities. SD Holman delineates Butch not as oppositional to Femme and Trans identities, but as an inclusive site of resistance to limitations on the way women, gender, and sexuality are still defined. The images honour the mercurial beauty, power and diversity of women who transgress the gender binary - celebrating the transversal dialectic of female masculinity, unapologetic and undiluted.*
*The plain English version of the art-speak above;
BUTCH: Not like the other girls are photos of the space between, occupied by the big ol bull dykes we know. SD says Butch not as dissing Femme and Trans folks, but as a general site of struggle against the limited way that women, gender, and sexuality are still defined. The pictures honour the lively and unpredictable beauty, power and diversity of women who transgress the two sided gender rule-boys r masculine/ girls r feminine - celebrating and cutting across categories (literally Queer) and have good debates of manly women, full strength without regret.
Bio-
SD Holman is the Recipient of the 2014 YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in Art and Culture recognized as one on Canada’s most prestigious awards.
SD Holman is a photo‐based artist who has exhibited internationally at galleries since 1991 including the Advocate Gallery (Los Angeles), the Soady-Campbell Gallery (New York), the San Francisco Public Library, The Helen Pitt International Gallery, Charles H. Scott, Exposure, and Fotobase Galleries (Vancouver). Holman defines as a noncommercial, photo-based artist, a participant observer employing subjective conceptual documentary practice. Holman’s approach to photography is conflicted and perverse, bringing gesture, hazard, and a painterly sensibility into this most technical of media. Hailed by Guy Warrington as “the best portrait photographer in Vancouver,” Holman is also Artistic Director of The Queer Arts Festival, a professional three week, transdisciplinary arts festival in Vancouver, BC.
Austin Law Group is a law firm dedicated to the arts that offers a gallery space to incubate new and emerging artists and ideas in a community context. Attorney Alex Austin is the founder and principal of the firm.
SD will have the book BUTCH: Not Like the Other Girls available for purchase and signing at the opening!