Libre: the art of being

For the past 30 years, Gallery LNL has proudly presented a Mardi Gras Festival themed exhibition. This year's showcase, titled LIBRE: the art of being, brings together diverse stories across place, time, and experience, expressed through different forms that collectively challenge, celebrate, and embrace who we are, while highlighting the richness of LGBTQIA+ identities.

LIBRE: the art of being reflects on a world where exploring your sense of self is profoundly personal and intimate, while at the same time, LGBTQIA+ expression and freedoms are constantly debated within mainstream discourse. Each artist has approached the idea of what is feels to be free from their own perspective. Whether that it is honouring the past, challenging stereotypes and cultural norms, claiming back language, exploring the physicality of the body or exploring the deepest thoughts of the mind. 

The exhibition brings together diverse stories across place, time and experience, manifesting in different forms that collectively challenge, celebrate and embrace who we are.