From May 8th through August 10th, the Cape Cod Museum of Art is presenting two engaging exhibitions featuring the Photography of Mark Chester.
Loo-Loos: Restroom Gender Signs explores gender from a theme that connects with all of us – the public bathroom! Chester describes Loo-Loos as “a collection of restroom gender signs that say more than ‘men, women, ladies, or gentleman.’ They are, elegant, colorful, and corny….I photographed these signs over many years on travels through the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, France, Iceland and England.” The Loo-Loos exhibition is highly relevant at this time in light of nationwide discussions on gender and restroom accessibility. An exclusive, limited edition Loo-Loos catalog will be available in the CCMoA Museum Shop.
Sublime to Ridiculous highlights the unique and humorous vantage point of Mark Chester through a selection of photographic prints selected from a lifetime of freelance photography, beginning in 1972. The images show slices of life, from whimsy to poignancy. They show a dedication of being seriously silly and seriously serious. They are pictures of people, places and things that have touched him in some emotional, intellectual and whimsical way.
Mark Chester has published photographs, featured travel and human-interest stories in newspapers nationwide, including the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, among others. Books include: Roadshow Anthropology, 2023, The Bay State: A Multicultural Landscape, Photographs of New Americans, 2023, Twosomes, 2010, No in America, 1986, and Dateline America, by Charles Kuralt, 1979.
Learn more at www.CCMoA.org/mark-chester