“AIDS culture: the next wave: creating the space to explore feelings that can’t be expressed by acting up,” Village voice, Apr. 3, 2001, p. 50. Richard Goldstein talking to Edmund White and Ned Rorem on the occasion of a panel on Loss within loss by the Estate Project, New-York Historical Society, Mar. 29
Baechler, Donald. A fragrant compost: letters to Felix. Wien: Verlag Pakesch & Schlebrügge, 1998. 48 pp. Baechler in Morocco
Bahr, David, “Contact! the unsparing art of David Wojnarowicz reflected his search for human connection,” The advocate, issue 779 (Feb. 16, 1999), p. 63-64. On the republication by Grove Press of In the shadow of the American dream: the diaries of David Wojnarowicz
Baldwin, Harry Eugene, “’Some unknown thing’: the life of gay artist Charles Demuth,” Frontiers newsmagazine (Los Angeles), v. 19, no. 24 (Mar. 30, 2001), p. 63-66
Blotcher, Jay, “Fighting AIDS with pen and ink,” New York blade news, Jan. 19, 2001, p. 17. On an exhibit at the New York City Comic Book Museum, curated by David Jay Gabriel
Blotcher, Jay, “Portrait of the artists: Loss within loss explores what the artistic world has lost due to AIDS,” New York blade news, Feb. 16, 2001, p. 17. On a new book created in cooperation with the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS and edited by Edmund White
Bode, Ursula, “Lucian Freud at Frankfurt’s Museum of Modern Art,” Kunstchronik, no. 6, 2000, p. 7-8. Illustrated by “Two men” from 1987-88 (depicting two men asleep, one clothed, one naked)
Bohling, James, “Sex, politics and history: gay L.A. artists on their influences and work,” Frontiers newsmagazine (Los Angeles), v. 19, no. 24 (Mar. 30, 2001), p. 48-54, followed by a listing of Los Angeles art venues (p. 57-60)
Bronson, A. A. Negative thoughts. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2001. ISBN 0-933856-66-0 $20.00. On Bronson and the deaths of his General Idea partners Jorge Zontal and Felix Partz, accompanying an exhibition at MCA
Cahun, Claude. Claude Cahun: [photographies]. Paris: Nathan, 1999. (Photo poche, 85) ISBN 2097541364 (pbk. 57 F)
Camhi, Leslie, “Satyrs, slaves and monsters in the colors of childhood,” New York times, Mar. 18, 2001, p. AR36. On the exhibition of works by John Bankston at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Cembalest, Robin, “Call of the wild,” ARTnews, v. 100, no. 3 (Mar. 2001), p. 144-147. On Tobias Schneebaum who found artistic inspiration and sexual freedom in the Peruvian Amazon
Che, Cathay, “Avant garage,” The advocate, issue 831 (Feb. 13, 2001), p. 54-56. On the occasion of an exhibition of works by Keith Haring at Deitch Projects, New York
Cotter, Holland, “Clicking: Warhol with camera,” New York times, Jan. 12, 2001, p. B45, B48. On the occasion of the exhibition of his photographs at the International Center for Photography, New York
Cotter, Holland, “A photography pioneer, semi-obscure no more,” New York times, Feb. 25, 2001, p. AR48. On the occasion of an exhibition of F. Holland Day photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Cotter, Holland, “When men could touch without embarassment,” New York times, May 6, 2001, p. AR42. On “Dear friends” -- the exhibition, the book (see next item)
Deitcher, David. Dear friends : American photographs of men together, 1840-1918. New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2001. ISBN 0-8109-5712-4
Drabinski, Emily, “A lady and her maid,” Out, v. 9, no. 10 (Apr. 2001), p. 39. On Afterimage, a new novel by Helen Humphreys about a 19th-century photographer who finds her inspiration in an Irish girl. Humphreys says “I was interested in the relationship between these two women, in the eroticism that is always part of the process of a photographer and her subject”
Failing, Patricia. “The hidden Sargent,” ARTnews, v. 100, no. 5 (May 2001), p. 170-171. Review of “John Singer Sargent, the sensualist” at the Seattle Art Museum
Fairbrother, Trevor, “’Man screaming’ by John Singer Sargent,” American art, v. 15, no. 1 (spring 2001) Available online at http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/journal
Flynt, Robert, (Your) numbered days: tun of the century photographs by Robert Flynt. Printed by Dr. Cantz’sche Druckerei, Germany, 2001. Available at Wessel + O’Connor Gallery, New York, $20.00 (26 photos)
Forman, Debbie, “A brand new day: F. Holland Day exhibit [at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston] illuminates a life focused on photography,” Cape Cod times, Dec. 23, 2000 (available online)
Gaddis, Eugene R. Magician of the modern: Chick Austin and the transformation of the arts in America. New York: Knopf, 2000. 494 pp. ISBN 0-394-58777-4
Gannett, Lewis, “Time regained: [review of] Lost years: a memoir, 1945-1951 [by] Christopher Isherwood, HarperCollins, 388 pages, $30,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 8, no. 3 (May-June 2001), p. 35-37
Glueck, Grace, “[Review of] Nancy Grossman: ‘Loud whispers’ [at] Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 24 West 57th Street,” New York times, Jan. 12, 2001, p. B50
Gober, Robert, “Robert rules,” The advocate, issue 779 (Feb. 16, 1999), p. 57. On the occasion of the exhibition at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Goldberg, Vicki, “A peek inside Kinsey’s cabinet,” New York times, Jan. 21, 2001, p. AR47. On the new collection of photos from the Kinsey Institute entitled Peek (published by Arena)
Gonzalez-Torres, Felix. Felix Gonzalez-Torres. London: Serpentine Gallery, 2000. Catalog of the exhibition from June 1-July 16, 2000
Hobson, Christopher Z. Blake and homosexuality. Palgrave, 2001. ISBN 0-312-23451-1 ($49.95)
Katz, Jonathan D., “Passive resistance: on the success of queer artists in cold war American art,” Queer Cultural Center projects at http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/KatzPages/KatzIndx.html
Katz, Jonathan D., “The silent camp: queer resistance and the rise of pop art,” Queer Cultural Center projects at http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/KatzPages/KatzIndx.html
Katz, Jonathan D., “John Cage’s queer silence or how to avoid making matters worse,” Queer Cultural Center projects at http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/KatzPages/KatzIndx.html
Katz, Jonathan D., “Jasper Johns’ Alley Oop: on comic strips and camouflage,” Queer Cultural Center projects at http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/KatzPages/KatzIndx.html
Kaye, Richard, “Dear friends,” Out, v. 9, no. 10 (Apr. 2001), p. 32-33. On the new collection of man-to-man photographs from the 19th century (selection being exhibited at International Center for Photography, New York)
Kinzer, Stephen, “Sargent show reveals the bold strokes of a shy painter,” New York times, Mar. 15, 2001, p. E1-E2. On “John Singer Sargent, the sensualist” at the Seattle Art Museum
Lewis, David Levering, “Just take the A train,” New York times book review, Apr. 22, 2001, p. 9. Review of Remember me to Harlem: the letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten, 1925-1964 (edited by Emily Bernard. New York: Knopf). Lewis says that Bernard judges that Hughes and Van Vechten were not lovers but Lewis says the letters “drip homoerotic innuendo”
Ligon, Glenn. Coloring: new work by Glenn Ligon. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2001. 36 p. ISBN 0-935640-71-1 ($12.95)
Ligon, Glenn, “Neo-archival and textual modes of production: an interview with Glenn Ligon” by Lauri Firstenberg, Art journal, v. 60, no. 1 (spring 2001), p. 42-47
Limsky, Drew, “Also on the shelves,” Metrosource (New York), v. 12, no. 1 (Feb./Mar. 2001), p. 16-17. On John Singer Sargent: his portrait by Stanley Olson and other books
Lopez Torregrosa, Luisita, “Puerto Rican art moves outward, and more inward,” New York times, Mar. 11, 2001, p. AR33. María de Mater O’Neill has a lesbian protagonist; Arnaldo Roche deals with sexual identity, and others
Loss within loss : artists in the age of AIDS. Edited by Edmund White in cooperation with the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2001. ISBN 0299170705 “A project of the Alliance for the Arts”
Miller, Tim, “Ensuring that art can survive,” Lesbian & gay New York, Jan. 25, 2001, p. 19, 25 - interview with Edmund White and Patrick Moore (Estate Project for Artists with AIDS) on Loss within loss (interview also published in Philadelphia gay news, Mar. 16-22, 2001)
Miller, Tim, “Foreign affairs,” Out, v. 9, no. 10 (Apr. 2001), p. 50-51. “Performance artist Tim Miller explains why he and his Australian partner will probably have to leave the United States in order to continue living together as a couple”
Noh, David, “Role reversal,” New York blade news, Jan. 26, 2001, p. 21. On Don Bachardy and his life with poet Jamie Yates
Peppiatt, Michael, “Professor Marvel at the Atheneum,” New York times book review, Feb. 25, 2001, p. 22. Review of Magician of the modern: Chick Austin and the transformation of the arts in America by Eugene R. Gaddis (Knopf)
Phillips, Tony, “Easter: an interview with Patti Smith,” Next magazine, v. 8, no. 40 (Apr. 13, 2001), p. 18-20. On Smith, Mapplethorpe, Ginsberg, et al.
Pierson, Jack. Jack Pierson. New York: Cheim & Read, 2000
Quintanilla, Michael, “A thousand stories,” Los Angeles times, Apr. 29, 2001 - online at http://www.latimes.com On the opening of the ONE Institute and Archives at the University of Southern California
Rasmusson, Sarah L., “Art exhibit opens dialogue: museum draws unprecedented crowds to show about gay Asian men’s experiences,” New York blade news, Feb. 16, 2001, p. 3. On “Tong Zhi/Comrade: out in Asia America” at the Museum of Chinese in the Americas, New York (212-619-4785)
Saltz, Jerry, “Solar power: after three decades, Twombly returns with a majestic cycle of paintings,” Village voice, Jan. 23, 2001, p. 69. On the occasion of the exhibition at Gagosian Gallery, New York
Schmidt, Chris, “Lady (see her tonight),” HX magazine, issue 496 (Mar. 9, 2001), p. 20-23. Gay photographer Aaron Cobbett trains his camera on women
Schneider, Richard, Jr., “More than 1,000 words,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 8, no. 2 (Mar.-Apr. 2001), p. 50. Review of Sailor: vintage photos of a masculine icon (edited by Kevin Bentley; Council Oak Books)
Servin, James, “Radiant baby,” Poz, Feb./Mar. 2001, p. 72. Remembering Keith Haring
Shewey, Don, “Good grief,” The advocate, issue 831 (Feb. 13, 2001), p. 55. On the occasion of “Negative thoughts” by A.A. Bronson at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Strong, Lester, “’The body is remembrance’: painter Delmas Howe talks about grief and art in the age of AIDS,” A & u, issue 76 (Feb. 2001), p. 34-37
Sunairi, Hiroshi. Early-Hiroshi. Wien, EIKON, 2001. (EIKON Sonderdruck #6) ISBN 3-9501157-6-5. Available at Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York for $20.00
Varner, Joan, “The atmosphere of glass: artist Joan Belmar is a visual poet of exile,” Washington blade, Jan. 12, 2001, p. 33-34. On the occasion of an exhibition at Gallery A, 2106 R. St., N.W., Washington 202-667-2599 or http://www.alexgalleries.com
Warhol, Andy. Andy Warhol: toy drawings. New York: Paul Kasmin Gallery, 2000. In conjunction with exhibition, Nov. 16-Dec. 22, 2000
Watney, Simon, “Queer Andy,” Texte zur Kunst, 7. Jahrg., Nr. 26 (Juni 1997), p. 118-127
Whiting, Cécile, “Decorating with Stettheimer and the boys,” American art, v. 14, no. 1 (spring 2000), p. 24-49. The boys include Carl Van Vechten, Charles Demuth, Henry McBride, Marsden Hartley, et al.
Willis, Paul J., “’Loss’ documents artists by artists,” Philadelphia gay news, Mar. 16-22, 2001, p. 25-30. Review of Loss within loss: artists in the age of AIDS (see full entry under Loss within loss) Accompanied by interview with White and Patrick Moore, director of Estate Project, conducted by Tim Miller (p. 25, 27, 33) (also published in Lesbian & gay New York, Jan. 25, 2001, p. 19, 25
Yuskavage, Lisa. Lisa Yuskavage. Claudia Gould, curator; with essays by Katy Siegel and Marcia B. Hall. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, 2000. ISBN 0884540979. While Yuskavage is not queer, she asks interesting questions about looking at women. In the introduction to her interview with Yuskavage, Gould mentions a gay male friend who appreciates “Sex in the city” because its outrage is like early Stonewall liberation days. Yuskavage also invites outrage.
(N.B. Photocopies of many of the articles listed here are available from the editors for a month or two after the date of this issue. Send your request for a photocopy, with street mailing address, to Sherman Clarke at the address listed in the editors note.)
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