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The project centers on Bowers’ collaboration with Chase Strangio and documents the first Trans Youth Prom in Washington, D.C. on May 22, 2023. The show pairs a video capturing the event’s celebratory spirit with neon sculptures and wreaths whose light and slogans express affirmation, alongside an entrance installation highlighting escalating anti-trans legislation.","Andrew Kreps Gallery  \n22 Cortlandt Alley, New York, NY 10013  \nTue–Sat, 10 am–6 pm [andrewkreps.com](andrewkreps.com)  \nTel. (212)741-8849 Fax. (212)741-8163  \nAndrea Bowers: Joy Is An Act Of Resistance  \n22 Cortlandt Alley  \nNovember 10th-December 22nd Opening Reception:  \nFriday, November 10th, 6 – 8 pm  \nAndrew Kreps Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by Andrea Bowers at 22 Cortlandt Alley.  \nBowers’ ongoing dialogues with activists are central to the development of her work. This new project draws on her relationship with Chase Strangio, Deputy Director for Transgender Justice and staff attorney with the ACLU, who Bowers first met in 2015 when Strangio was lead council for Chelsea Manning. Bowers was immediately taken by Strangio’s combination of brilliance and empathy, and work as a prominent activist who has been advocating for transgender rights in the United States for over a decade. This exhibition is the result of Bowers’ longtime desire to collaborate with Strangio, and celebrate his activism.  \nIn March of 2023, Strangio invited Bowers to document a creative action, the first Trans Youth Prom, which took place in Washington D.C. on May 22, 2023. Organized by the teen activists Daniel Trujillo, Libby Gonzales, Grayson McFerrin, and Hobbes Chukumba, alongside Strangio and collaborating adult organizer Peppermint, the event gathered teens and their families from around the United States. The event began as a celebration based on the prototypical American promat the Capitol Reflecting Pool and followed by a parade to the steps of the Supreme Court. In contrast to many American proms, where trans and non-binary youth have been banned from participation and freedom of expression, the Trans Youth Prom offered a safe space for attending youth to share in each other’s joy and build community for them and their families.  \nThe event’s joyful spirit documented in Bowers’ new video extends to a series of neon-based sculptures hung on the walls and ceilings ofthe gallery. Each containing a revolving disco ball, they are adorned with ornate neon floral wreaths and slogans including “Come As You Are” and “You Are Loved”, adopted from signs and posters from the day’s events, and throw vividly colored light throughout the exhibition space.  \nAndrew Kreps Gallery  \n22 Cortlandt Alley, New York, NY 10013  \nTue–Sat, 10 am–6 pm [andrewkreps.com](andrewkreps.com)  \nTel. (212)741-8849 Fax. (212)741-8163  \nThe exuberant tone which fills the main gallery is contrasted by the harsh reality displayed in an installation at the gallery’s Cortlandt Alley entrance. Binders for each of the fifty States contain legislation introduced since 2021 that represent the continuing escalation of attacks on trans lives. Totaling over 1000 bills thus far, in addition to over 60 nationally introduced bills, they function as an urgent reminder of the bravery of these youths, to seek self-determination, community, and acceptance in a moment in which their own survival is at stake.  \nSince the 1990s, Andrea Bowers has combined artistic practice with advocacy, in a body of work that spans drawing, performance, installation, sculpture, and video. 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