LAVENDER HOME PROJECT – DRUE McPHERSON
Artist Statement
Drue McPherson (he/him) graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design with a Master of Architecture (M.Arch), centering his practice on non-normative locales that are physical, social, and theoretical constructs. Drue earned his Bachelor of Science in art history in 2021, blending his love of social theory, the visual arts, and spatial considerations with the built environment. Drue’s art, architecture, and research practices explore the boundaries between identity, design, and space-making. He focuses on queer and fundamentally oppressed spaces to broaden the relevance of architectural histories and design culture, creating narratives on how space has an impact on the construction of identity. Drue explores personal and social identities through collage, sketching, and painting techniques that shape his design sensibility of the physical world.
EXHIBIT STATEMENT
The exhibit focuses on the meaning of physical shelter beyond physical form, centered around queer communities and methods of home building that exists outside of Western cultural constructions of homemaking and homelife in three sections: WELCOME HOME | Public vs. Private, PORTRAITS | Queer Homes, and CLOSET | Revelations Archived. The LAVENDER HOME PROJECT Explores the meaning of ‘home’ through a queer lens and a sense of community.
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