Shadow Park: Queer Counterpublics in the Art of Salman Toor

Salman Toor’s vivid paintings and drawings depict fleeting moments of sensuality, pleasure, and danger amid verdant parks, cemeteries, and gardens. Toor notes, “Landscapes can be places of art-historical interest, escape, love, sexual abandon, or threat.”
Inspired by the art of Salman Toor, scholars Jackson Davidow and Brian A. Horton discuss private and public spaces and intimacy in queer culture in this virtual conversation moderated by Portland Museum of Art curator Sayantan Mukhopadhyay.
This program was held in conjunction with the exhibition "Salman Toor: No Ordinary Love," November 16, 2023-February 11, 2024.