When a commission is spent on engagement, not outcome

The conclusion of TextaQueen’s latest exhibition prompts consideration of the value of a significant commission.
TextaQueen program 4A

Built upon a collaborative practice of over 20 years, TextaQueen is a queer, disabled South Asian diasporic artist whose works continually push back against ‘the white gaze’.

The exhibition featured a trans-empowered map of London where the common tropes of Bollywood film (a genre that can reduce Indian culture to stereotypes perceived by a general Western audience) are transformed into murals that dominate some of the city’s most well-known architecture.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_