Canvas: 'Heterosexuality Is Not Common, It's Just Common'
Object
Canvas
Production date
1990s
Object number
2022.103
Physical Description
Beige horizontal canvas with blue printed logo in block capital lettering. The canvas is stretched over and stapled to a red wooden frame with mirror plates on each short edge. There is a yellow rope fixed to the reverse side of the canvas for hanging.
Object history
After funding for the radical screen-printing collective the Lenthall Road workshop was withdrawn, photographer Gonul Zeki used the workshop as a commercial enterprise to print T-shirts and other merchandise for the developing lesbian and gay community, in particular for lesbians who were less catered for.
Gonul’s unique brand of irreverent humour and slogans became popular and far reaching. In 1998 The Workshop was advertised as offering the largest selection of lesbian and gay t-shirts in Europe.
Gonul’s unique brand of irreverent humour and slogans became popular and far reaching. In 1998 The Workshop was advertised as offering the largest selection of lesbian and gay t-shirts in Europe.
Associated Person
Zeki, Gonul (Artist)
Material
Canvas (Textiles)
Dimension
Width: 675mm
Length: 481mm
Depth: 30mm
Length: 481mm
Depth: 30mm
On display?
No
Inscription
HETEROSEXUALITY IS NOT NORMAL, IT'S JUST COMMON.