Alexander, Charles, “Community spirit,” a&u, issue 90 (Apr. 2002), p. 22-23. Interview by Rhomylly B. Forbes on Alexander’s art which “blends the spiritual and sexual and makes an indelible mark on the fight against AIDS”
Ashbery, John, “Larry Rivers was dying, he asked to see friends,” New York times, Aug. 25, 2002, p. AR1, 28
Baker, Marco C., “Exhibit blooms with abstract,” Philadelphia gay news, Aug. 9-156, 2002, p. 40. On exhibit of works by Kevin McPherson and Nelson Cresson, Jr. at Matthew Izzo Shop (928 Pine St., Philadelphia)
Bernière, Vincent, et al. “Art et homosexualité,” Beaux arts magazine, no. 198 (Nov. 2000), p. 96-109, with 30 illus. (25 in color). Examines the treatment of homosexuality in art history and its relationship with contemporary art
Bunn, Austin, “The naked truth: performance artist and author Tim Miller faces down oppression with anger, intelligence, and nudity. Now he’s leaving the country,” The advocate, no. 862 (Apr. 30, 2002), p. 66-67. Review of his Body blows and other works
Burr, Tom. Tom Burr: low slung. New York: Lukas & Sternberg, 2000. Catalog of exhibition at Kunstverein Braunschweig, Sept.-Nov. 2000, with text in English and German. ISBN 3-929270-32-3 ($20.00 at Greene Naftali Gallery, New York)
Corinne, Tee A., “Goddesses for the new millennium,” HLFQ Harrington lesbian fiction quarterly, v. 3, no. 1 (2002), p. 37-49
Corinne, Tee A. San Francisco haircut, 1975: radical imaginings and lesbian feminist photography. Wolf Creek, OR: Pearlchild, 2002. Copies available from publisher, POB 278, Wolf Creek, OR 97497
Cotter, Holland, “At Washington’s lavish art buffet,” New York times, May 31, 2002, p. E35, 37. Larry Rivers at the Corcoran and other summer shows
Cotter, Holland, “‘Bystander’ [at] Andrea Rosen Gallery, 525 West 24th Street, Chelsea, through Aug. 23,” New York times, July 12, 2002, p. E38. Short review with paragraph on Dean Sameshina, Ryan McGinley and gay imagery
Cotter, Holland, “Everything about Warhol but the sex,” New York times, July 14, 2002, p. AR1, 32 and several letters to the editor on July 28. See also the lead article in this newsletter issue by Richard Meyer
D’Agostino, Stephen Dominic, “The art of book art,” New York blade, June 14, 2002, p. 28. On Tadashi Mitsui and his The book of sodomy in “Visual/Verbal/Tactile Book Art Show” at Leslie-Lohman and The long and winding at the Center for Book Arts, New York
D’Agostino, Stephen Dominic, “Artifacts of the mind: Edward Swift presents sacred objects from an explorer who doesn’t exist,” New York blade news, May 3, 2002, p. 22. On Swift and his “Lord Spellbinder’s discoveries” at 2/20 Gallery, New York
D’Agostino, Stephen Dominic, “Telling his story, via many means: artist Jeff Hargrave puts his life on the wall for all to see,” New York blade, May 31, 2002, p. 27. On an installation at Art in General, 79 Walker St., New York
Dyke Action Machine. Straight to hell: 10 years of Dyke Action Machine. Dyke Action Machine, 2002. 16 p. ISBN 0-9719711-0-2
Eskin, Blake, “’Making more Andys possible’: Joel Wachs helps support ‘difficult artists’ as head of the Andy Warhol Foundation,” Art news, v. 101, no. 5 (May 2002), p. 48-50
Esten, John. Thomas Eakins, the absolute male. New York: Universe, 2002. 80 p. ISBN 0-471-44365-4 ($29.95) The pictures speak for themselves; the short text does not speak of homosexuality
Exposed: the Victorian nude. Edited by Alison Smith, with contributions by Robert Upstone, Michael Hatt, Martin Myrone, Virginia Dodier, Tim Batchelor. London: Tate Publishing, 2001. 288 p. ISBN 1-85437-372-2 In conjunction with an exhibition at the Tate, Haus der Kunst München, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and Kobe City Museum
Ferber, Lawrence, “P. Craig Russell’s summer of love (and death): the gay comic book artist ... talks about his 30-year career, trouble in paradise, tragic songs, and his numerous summer 2002 releases,” New York blade, June 14, 2002, p. 25, 32
Fernandez, Dominique. A hidden love: art and homosexuality. Munich and New York: Prestel, 2002. 320 p. ISBN 3791327046
Firmin, Sandra. Oral fixations. Brochure to accompany master’s thesis exhibition, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, May 2002. Includes work by Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Frame, Allen. Detour. Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag, 2001. Essay by Claudia Steinberg, and approx. 100 photographs taken 1990-2000 ISBN 3-933257-63-8, ca. CHF 59
Galloway, David, “Apocalypse now! Kieth Haring’s ‘Untitled’ is a teeming orgy of monsters and skeletons writhing in the flames of hell,” Art news, v. 101, no. 5 (May 2002), p. 126-128
Gruse, Doug, “Warhol gets 37 cents of fame,” Philadelphia gay news, Aug. 9-15, 2002, p. 1, 8-9, 12-13. Warhol, the postage stamp
Hammond, Harmony. Dialogues and meditations. Tucson, Ariz.: Museum of Contemporary Art, HazMat Exhibition Space, 2002. Essay by Paul Eli Ivey. 16 p. $12.00 (available from the artist)
Hemmings, Clare. Bisexual spaces: a geography of sexuality and gender. Routledge. $23.95 (pbk)
Herrmann, Matthias. Hotel 2001. Text by Lawrence Rinder. Toronto: Art Metropole, 2002. 96 p. (chiefly col. illus.) Rinder’s essay on Herrmann’s body and personal voyeurism is delightful.
Homosexuality in French history and culture. Jeffrey Merrick, Michael Sibalis, editors. New York: Harrington Park Press, 2001. 293 p. ISBN 1-56023-262-5 ISBN 0-56023-263-3 (pbk) Also published as Journal of homosexuality, v. 41, no. 3/4
Hujar, Peter. Peter Hujar: animals and nudes. Essay by Klaus Kertess. Santa Fe, N.M.: Twin Palms Publishers, 2002. ISBN 0944092950
Intimacy & the creative pair. Santa Fe, N.M.: Owings-Dewey Fine Art, 2001. 55 p. Essay by Jonathan Weinberg. $25.00 http://www.owingsdewey.com Among the couples: Stieglitz & O’Keeffe, Demuth & Hartley, Sterne & Luhan, Morris & Frelinghuysen, Dove & Torr, Krasner & Pollock
Johnson, Ken, “Alfonso Ossorio, Clifford Odets [at] Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 24 West 57th Street, Manhattan, through Aug. 2,” New York times, July 19, 2002, p. E34
Kaye, Lori, “Portraits of a revolution: photographer Rachelle Lee Smith gives lesbian and gay youth an outlet to speak for themselves,” The advocate, no. 866 (June 25, 2002), p. 122-127 (with 5 col. illus.)
Kim, Chuck, “Drawn to Spider-Man: out comic book writer Phil Jimenez went from drawing Wonder Woman to subbing for Tobey Maguire’s hands on the Spider-Man set,” The advocate, no. 863 (May 14, 2002), p. 66-67
Kimmelman, Michael, “A fire stoking realism,” New York times, June 21, 2002, p. E31, 35 On the Eakins exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, New York
Kimmelman, Michael, “Invasion of the nude Victorians (in the name of art, of course),” New York times, Sept. 6, 2002, p. E29, 34. Includes discussion of sexuality, homo and hetero
Kimmelman, Michael, “Larry Rivers, artist with an edge, dies at 78,” New York times, Aug. 16, 2002, p. 1, B11
Leslie, Charles W. And lo! the old gods!: restored interpretations of old myths. New York: Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, 2002. With catalog of 2001 exhibition
Lopez, Vincent, “Outrageous oasis: envelope-pushing performance-art installations at a sleazy motel? It must be Los Angeles’s Platinum Oasis, hosted by Dr. Vaginal Davis and Ron Athey,” The advocate, no. 868 (July 23, 2002), p. 62-63
Lord, Catherine, “From The summer of Her Baldness,” Art journal, v. 61, no. 1 (spring 2002), p. 34-47
Lord, M. G., “The table is set, at last, in a home,” New York times, Sept. 8, 2002, p. AR78, 82. On “The dinner party” by Judy Chicago and its exhibition at Brooklyn Museum, and upcoming exhibition at National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington
Lorenz, Richard. Arthur Tress: fantastic voyage: photographs 1956-2000. Boston: Little, Brown, in association with the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2001. 199 p. ISBN 0821226002
Marcus, Peter, “A gay everyman: [review of] Body blows: six performances by Tim Miller, University of Wisconsin Press, 272 pages, $32.95,” The gay and lesbian review, v. 9, no. 5 (Sept.-Oct. 2002), p. 44-45
McCroy, Winnie, “A dyke to watch out for,” New York blade, May 31, 2002, p. 28. Who else but Alison Bechtel?
McGinley, Ryan. Ryan McGinley. New York: Index Books, 2002. 62 p. (chiefly illus.) ISBN 1-891735-26-8 ($15.00)
Miller, Tim, “The art you (almost) didn’t see: [interview with] Richard Meyer,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 9, no. 4 (July-Aug. 2002), p. 11-13 Talking about Outlaw representation
Moore, Frank. Frank Moore: between life and death. Santa Fe, N.M.: Twin Palms Publishers, 2002. Essay by Robert Glück. ISBN 0-944092-97-7
Moore, Frank. Frank Moore: green thumb in a dark Eden. Orlando, Fla.: Orlando Museum of Art, 2002. 12 p. (Currents 8) Exhibition brochure with essay by Sue Scott and interview with Douglas Dreishpoon
Morgan, Robert C., “Francis Bacon [at] Tony Shafrazi,” Art news, v. 101, no. 6 (June 2002), p. 121
Nes, Adi. Soldiers 1994-2000. Tel-Aviv: Dvir Gallery, 2001. Essay by Ami Barak in English, French and Hebrew, discusses homosexuality and masculinization in Nes’s images of Israeli soldiers
Noh, David, “Loving fleshy pleasures: Thomas Eakins made waves with his ground-breaking, sensual images of the nude male form,” New York blade, July 12, 2002, p. 33
Northcross, Wayne, “Deep impact: violation sweet, serious and sensual,” Gay city news (New York), July 19-25, 2002, p. 22-23. On “Penetration” at Friedrich Petzel Gallery and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
Northcross, Wayne, “Thwarted meanings and high comedy,” Lesbian & gay New York, Mar. 29, 2001, p. 17, 31. On Glenn Ligon and John Bankston exhibitions at Studio Museum in Harlem
Nugent, Richard Bruce (1906-1987). Gay rebel of the Harlem Renaissance: selections from the work of Richard Bruce Nugent. Edited and with an introd. by Thomas H. Wirth. Foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Durham: Duke University Press, 2002. 293 p., with numerous illus., some in color ISBN 0-8223-2886-0 (cloth) ISBN 0-8223-2913-1 (pbk)
Ossorio, Alfonso. Alfonso Ossorio: horror vacui, filling the void: a fifty year survey. Essay by Helen A. Harrison. New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2002
Polly, John, “Shooting Private Ryan: photographer Ryan McGinley cooks up a dose of beautifully wasted gay youth culture,” Next magazine, v. 9, issue 45 (May 17, 2002), p. 20-21
Powell, Richard J. Beauford Delaney: the color yellow. Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 2002. 61 p. ISBN 0-939802-97-X Exhibition catalog with essays by Richard A. Long and Richard J. Powell
Queer tourism: geographies of globalization. Edited by Jasbir Kaur Puar, in GLQ: a journal of lesbian and gay studies (Duke University Press), v. 8, no. 1-2 (2002) On place and sexuality
Ricco, John Paul. The logic of the lure. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. ISBN 0226711005 ($49.00). On homosexuality and art, architecture, and philosophy
Rich, B. Ruby, “The long road: Isaac Julien in conversation with B. Ruby Rich,” Art journal, v. 61, no. 2 (summer 2002), p. 50-67, with filmography and exhibition listing
Riding, Alan, “In Florence, Michelangelo has his moment,” New York times, Aug. 20, 2002, p. E1, E4. One of the shows is “The myth of Ganymede” at the Casa Buonarroti (see Jim Saslow’s report from Florence)
Schmidt, Chris, “Arse erotica: a group show puts the ‘life’ back in life drawing,” Gay city news, July 26-Aug.. 1, 2002, p. 26-27. On “Sexcoma” at Leslie-Lohman
Smith, John W. Possession obsession: Andy Warhol and collecting. John W. Smith, editor; essays by Pamela Allara, Kenneth L. Ames, Frederick R. Brandt, Sasha Chermayeff, Ralph T. Coe, Jonathan Flatley, Allen Kurzweil, Michael Lobel, Alexandre Rhodes, Stephano Papi, Thomas Sokolowski and Matthew Tinkcom. Pittsburgh: Andy Warhol Museum, 2002. 159 p. ISBN 0971568804 Catalog for exhibition at Warhol Museum and RISD Museum of Art
Solomon-Godeau, Abigail, “Le ‘je’ equivoque Claude Cahun,” Les cahiers du Musée national d’art moderne, no 80 (summer 2002), p. 18-39
Sorkin, Jenni. High performance: the first five years, 1978-1982. Brochure to accompany M.A. thesis exhibition, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, May 2002
Stevenson, Harold, “A Jean Cocteau of Idabel, Oklahoma,” The art newspaper, no. 124 (Apr. 2002),. p. 25. Interviewed by Adrian Dannatt
Stone, Martha E., “Who were Miss Furr and Miss Skeene?” The gay and lesbian review, v. 9, no. 5 (Sept.-Oct. 2002), p. 29-30. On Ethel Mars and Maud Hunt Squire
Twombly, Cy. Audible silence, Cy Twombly at Daros. Edited by Eva Keller and Regula Malin, with contributions by Heiner Bastian and others. Zürich and New York: Scalo, 2002. Distributed by D.A.P. 162 p. ISBN 3-908247-65-9
Webb, Patrick, “Punchinello’s journey,” Georgia review, v. 56, no. 2 (summer 2002), p. 520-528. Eight color plates with introductory essay quoting Jonathan Weinberg and Mark Doty
Weil, Rex, “Leon Polk Smith [at] Washburn,” Art news, v. 101, no. 6 (June 2002), p. 123-124
Williams, David, short review of Caravaggio by John T. Spike (Abbeville Press), The gay & lesbian review, v. 9, no. 3 (May-June 2002), p. 47
(N.B. If you are interested in reviewing any of the books listed here which have not already been reviewed in the newsletter, please contact the editors. 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 in the listing of officers.)
CAA news will soon introduce a new feature of the newsletter: “Books published by CAA members.” If you are a CAA member in good standing and the author of a recently published book (no earlier than 2001) in art, art history, criticism, theory, or a related subject, please send your name, membership number, title of your book, publisher’s name, city of publisher, and year published to Christopher Howard at caanews@collegeart.org
The Lambda Literary Award in the Photography/Visual Arts category was presented on May 2nd to Dear friends: American photographs of men together, 1840-1918 (Abrams, 2001). The other books nominated in this category were:
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