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KOL! Artist Blue Reinhard Imagines a Queer Jewish Future

JL;DR SUMMARY Artist Blue Reinhard uses their art to explore the intersections of Jewish identity, queerness, and participatory action. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish RitualsArtQueer Jewish IdentityBlue ReinhardParticipatory ActionQueer FuturityJosé Esteban MuñozInstallation ArtGender EuphoriaSculptural Painting

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Occidental, California, United States
"I graduated from Occidental College in 2023 and I was a studio art major."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Blue Reinhards nameBluesignals itself. He parades his laptop to the corner of his concrete-padded studio in Los Angeles; my Zoom screen repositions his artwork into view."
New York, United States
"I first met Blue in 2023virtuallywhen we were both remote summer interns at the Jewish Museum in New York."
Staten Island, New York, United States
"One Thursday, I found myself multi-tasking: taking a guest speaker call while on the Staten Island Ferry to Manhattan for leisurely non-intern purposes."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"One Thursday, I found myself multi-tasking: taking a guest speaker call while on the Staten Island Ferry to Manhattan for leisurely non-intern purposes."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"I made this installation based on a story my friend told me during an interview: They were late to Shabbat dinner in Brooklyn with their Orthodox family because they were in the Hamptons on, essentially, a Grindr date having gay sex on the beach."
The Hamptons, New York, United States
"I made this installation based on a story my friend told me during an interview: They were late to Shabbat dinner in Brooklyn with their Orthodox family because they were in the Hamptons on, essentially, a Grindr date having gay sex on the beach."

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