Sexual Deviations, 2026
pigment prints and laser cut acrylic / wood
12 x 12 | 12 x 18 | 12 x 4 in
"Sexual Deviations" is part of the ongoing narrative collage series “The Personals,” set between 1966 and 1981. Drawing on archival imagery and text, “The Personals” examines how print media and social constraint shaped LGBTQ+ desire and self-conception in the pre-digital era. "Sexual Deviations" takes as its starting point found personal ads exploring the intersection of disability and LGBTQ+ intimacy, alongside the DSM-II, published by the American Psychiatric Association in 1968. That manual's 'Sexual Deviations' category listed homosexuality alongside pedophilia, voyeurism, and sadism under a single diagnostic code. The collages also incorporate book jackets and period articles that shaped how individuals understood themselves during this era. The installation explores collage as visualized interiority and constructed language — capable of holding vulnerability, absence, and historical fracture. The project is supported by YoungArts.