Collection Rotation: Tammy Rae Carland
Our regular feature, Collection Rotation. Every month, I invite a guest to organize a mini-exhibition from our collection works online. Please welcome artist, filmmaker, and founder of Mr. Lady Records, Tammy Rae Carland. Superb.
http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Stein/1935/Stein-Gertrude_If-I-Told-Him.mp3
http://www.newmedia-art.org/cgi-bin/show-oeu.asp?ID=150000000036249&lg=GBR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKxjBsO-Bvk&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZxxhxjgnC0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIEjchr3FKg

John Gutmann, Two Girls, 1935; Collection of the Sack Photographic Trust © 1998 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
http://www.newmedia-art.org/cgi-bin/show-oeu.asp?ID=BEN002&lg=GBR

Clarence John Laughlin, The Mirror of Nothingness, 1957; Collection SFMOMA © The Historic New Orleans Collection
http://bombsite.com/issues/51/articles/1847
http://lesbiantreasures.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue5jyj_nosc

Candace Plummer Gaudiani, Stephanie’s Wedding, Halloween, 1998; Collection SFMOMA © Candace Plummer Gaudiani
http://lookingformymuseum.tumblr.com/

Richard Barnes, Unknown (Ovoid Nest, Pt. Reyes), from the series Grid of Nests, 2000; Collection SFMOMA © Richard Barnes
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/File:Lautrec_in_bed_1892.jpg
My cruising of SFMOMA’s collection was inspired by an essay written by Catherine Lord and published in Frame Work magazine in the early 1990’s. The essay, titled “Looking For My Museum,” is really more of a meandering memoir piece and has been a touchstone for me around many conversations about queer visibility, memory and personal history. — TRC
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Tammy Rae Carland‘s work has been screened and exhibited in galleries and museums internationally including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berlin and Sydney. She has been featured in numerous publications, including Artforum and Pulse. She is co-founder and owner of Mr. Lady Records, an independent record label and video distribution company, and is currently chair of Photography at California College of the Arts. She lives and works in Oakland, California, and is represented by Silverman Gallery, San Francisco.