Posts tagged Gay Art
Artists Point the Way Toward a New Queer Aesthetic (NSFW)
Alicia Eler writes for Hypperallergric: “The Great Refusal focuses mostly on an academically minded queer aesthetic. It successfully accomplishes what it sets out to do — investigate how queerness intersects with race, gender, class, and sexuality, and consider how these intersections could form a new queer aesthetic. What the exhibition sidesteps, however, are the warm fuzzies — community, love, utopic futures, and semblances of spiritualized queerness. In refusing to accept current readings of queerness, the show accomplishes much, but unfortunately the softer themes of acceptance are mostly lost amid the overwhelming supply of concept-heavy, theory-based works of art.”
This Gay Show
From Tyler Green’s Modern Art Notes: “Must-read: On the occasion of a recent talk at the Tacoma Art Museum, The Stranger’s Jen Graves talked with Jonathan Katz about “Hide/Seek” (which arrives in Tacoma in March) and more. Absolutely great anecdotes, context, history and more.”
Gay Art
“The Catholic League Responds to Commentary On ‘Anti-Gay Bullying. The false claim, however, does underscore the deceptive nature of the inflammatory complaint the Smithsonian has had to deal with. Anti-gay bullying, even if the disapproval of homosexuality derives from a religious doctrine, drove the attack. The exhibition is the first in the nation’s capital to examine homosexual identity in 19th- and 20th-century American art, and it has the establishment blessing of the popular Smithsonian Institution. As I noted at the time the controversy first erupted, that’s the real reason anti-gay activists are so upset.”
Speaking of Gay Art - I have fond memories of Jerome dancing in a cage at a Ponderosa Steak House in suburban Cleveland, while Death of Samantha played their set, much to the delight/horror of local families.
