“An Open Mesh of Possibilities”

This exhibit explores the multifaceted ways in which the writings and artwork of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950 - 2009) brings queerness into life. A poet, literary critic, artist, mentor, professor, and former faculty member at Duke, Sedgwick is perhaps best known as one of the founders of the field of Queer theory. Throughout her work, Sedgwick insists on “queerness” as a sensibility and not a settled identity. Objects are primarily selected from her archive (housed within the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture) and this exhibit invites us to reflect on the many forms of queerness within and beyond Sedgwick’s work and the creative modes through which they’re expressed.