As part of the “Brandhorst Flag Commission,” four flags by Philipp Gufler will be exhibited in front of the museum. For his flags Philipp Gufler has also screenprinted new T-shirts, which will be sold for the support of the Forum Queeres Archiv München.
The T-shirts can be ordered S, M, L, XL in white, S, M, XL in gray and S, M, XL, XXL in light blue at our archive or here for 20 Euro plus shipping costs. With the purchase of a T-shirt you support our voluntary archive work.
In his flags, Gufler places the lawyer Karl Heinrich Ulrichs at the center of his work, using Pop Art aesthetics. Ulrichs coined the term “Urning,” which, in reference to the Greek god Uranos, was the first to formulate queer identity through a positive self-designation. At the German Jurists’ Forum, held at the Odeon in Munich on August 29, 1867, he demanded impunity for same-sex love. Although the term “Urning” did not catch on, Ulrichs has become a central source of inspiration for queer theory.
Gufler links this historical importance to a significant poster campaign by the initiative Act Up Munich, which gained notoriety in 1995 for its protest against local Bavarian politicians. He updates the AIDS awareness campaign and creates a link between the historical treatment of queer identity and its relevance to current debates.
The flags will hang in front of the Museum Brandhorst until March 15, 2024.