Each piece is a collage from “The Personals” series made in 2023-24. Incorporating materials from 1966 to 1981, the collages are inspired by found LGBTQ+ personal ads and their authors. The works explore how the times they lived in, and the media they consumed, shaped their psyches and hopes for connection in the pre-digital era.
All Edition of 20
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11"
Materials: archival pigment print on Arches BFK Rives Pure White
James Hosking
(Uptown)
James Hosking is a Chicago-based queer visual artist specializing in collage. He has received grants from the Illinois Arts Council and DCASE, as well as a MacDowell Fellowship in visual art. His work has been exhibited at the Chicago Artists Coalition, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Gerber/Hart Library & Archives, Evanston Public Library, and in a solo exhibition at the University of Michigan, among other venues. His commissioned photography and collage work has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, WIRED, The Baffler, and other national and international publications.