Bain, Christian, “Delicious depravity descends on the gallery,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 10 (2003), p. 1, 6-7. On the images of The Hun, aka Michael Kirwan, at the foundation, March/April 2003
Beem, Edgar Allen, “Fairfield Porter [at] Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine,” Art news, v. 102, no. 9 (Oct. 2003), p. 138. Mentions Porter’s bisexuality
Bronson, A. A., “AA Bronson, Canadian artist from New York, gives great butt massage to Butt reporter,” Butt:big fagazine, special New York issue (summer 2003), p. 34-40
Bronson, A. A., “Hanging in there: AA Bronson talks to A&u’s Lester Strong about loss and surviving loss in the age of AIDS,” A & u, issue 106 (Aug. 2003), p. 20-21, 37, with 5 color illus.
Capozzola, Christopher, “Beauford Delaney and the art of exile,” The gay & lesbian review, v, 10, no. 5 (Sept.-Oct. 2003), p. 10-12. Review of exhibition “Beauford Delaney: the color yellow” at Sert Gallery, Harvard, organized by High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Cotter, Holland, “When the I is the subject and it’s always changing,” New York times, Sept. 12, 2003, p. E34. On the Samuel Fosso show at Jack Shainman Gallery and the Lyle Ashton Harris show at CRG Gallery, both New York City. From the Fosso press release: “Though [Fosso is] often discussed in terms of Western photographers such as Cindy Sherman and Pierre et Gilles, these comparisons are ahistorical, as are readings which assume Fosso to be homosexual. Working in isolation from the contemporary art world, Fosso’s earliest images were made without the thought of an audience. Yet Fosso continues to engage us in this one sided dialogue, setting forth his images in order to express not only his own pride but that of a contemporary and underrepresented African sensibility.” Homosexual or no, there is something wonderfully queer about the Fosso photos.
DeCrescenzo, Teresa, “Alison Bechdel celebrates 20 years of queer comic genius,” Lesbian news (Los Angeles), Sept. 2003, p. 24-25
Edison, Laurie Toby. Familiar men: a book of nudes. Photographs by Laurie Toby Edison; text by Debbie Notkin with Richard F. Dutcher; foreword by Michael Kimmel. San Francisco: Shifting Focus Press, 2004. 80 pp. ISBN 0-9743343-0-8 $25.00 from the publisher, P.O. Box 77005, S.F. 94107
Forbes, Rhomylly B., “Rattlesnake in a moving car: Rob Anderson turns simple lines into complex portraits of long-term living with HIV/AIDS,” A & u, issue 105 (July 2003), p. 24-25, with 5 illus.
Gallucci, Margaret A. Benvenuto Cellini: sexuality, masculinity, and artistic identity in Renaissance Italy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 214 pp. ISBN 1-4039-6107-7 (cloth : $60.00)
Gener, Randy, “Shot on stage: the photography of Rivka Shifman Katvan captures theatrical life,” Gay city news (New York), June 13-19, 2003, p. 23, 30. On “Transformations: backstage on Broadway” at Gallery 138 (138 West 17th St., New York 212-633-0324)
General Idea. General Idea editions 1967-1995. Catalog edited by Barbara Fischer. Mississauga, Ont., Canada (3359 Mississauga Rd North, L5L 1C6): Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 2003. 311 pp. ISBN 0-7727-8205-9 (bound) Commentaries by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Lionel Bovier, Cathy Busby, Christophe Cherix, Joshua Decter, Diedrich Diederichsen, Mike Kelley and AA Bronson, John Miller, Philip Monk, and Stephan Trescher, with extensive exhibition history and bibliography. ISBN 0-7727-8206-7 (paper : $26.00) Exhibition at Blackwood Gallery, Jan. 16-Feb. 16, 2003 and other venues in Canada
Giltz, Michael, “He’s a pig success: illustrator Ian Falconer dazzles children with his best-selling books starring Olivia the Pig,” The advocate, #900 (Oct. 14, 2003), p. 82
Glueck, Grace, “Pierre et Gilles [at] Robert Miller Gallery, 524 West 26th Street, Chelsea, through June 28,” New York times, June 13, 2003, p. E37
Gonzalez-Day, Ken, “An American back from Paris,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 10, no. 4 (July-Aug. 2003), p. 37-38. Review of “Marsden Hartley: man of the world, painter from Maine” exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum and its catalog edited by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser (Yale University Press)
Graham, Lanier. Duchamp & androgyny: art, gender and metaphysics. Berkeley, Calif.: No-Thing Press, 2003. 88 p. ISBN 0-9726966-0-1 ($100.00)
Gupta, Sunil. Pictures from here. London: Chris Boot Ltd, 2003. With bibliography and exhibition listing. ISBN 0-9542813-2-2 ($29.95) http://www.chrisboot.com
Halter, Ed, “Visage quest,” Village voice, May 21-27, 2003, p. 115. On Warhol’s “Screen tests” at MoMA, summer 2003
Hamer, Diane Ellen, “A free woman in Paris,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 10, no. 4 (July-Aug. 2003), p. 42-43. Review of Wild heart: Natalie Clifford Barney’s journey from Victorian America to the literary salons of Paris by Suzanne Rodriguez (Ecco Press)
Hamilton, William L., “Paradise regrouted,” New York times, June 26, 2003, p. F1, F6. On Ricky Boscarino’s Luna Park, his phantasmagorical home near Branchville, NJ
Hatcher, Eric D., “Picture perfect: on-the-verge photographer Gerard Gaskin doesn’t want to be seen, he want to [be] heard,” Blackout, pride issue 2003, p. 6-12
Herrmann, Matthias. Matthias Hermann & friends: collections. Paris: Onestar Press, 2001. 180 p.
Hitchcock, Philip, “He broke the mold: legendary sculptor Philip Hitchcock always dares to be different,” Advocate men, #232 (Aug. 2003), p. 67-70. Interviewed by J. Keller Corday
Johnson, Ken, “A host of gay and racial ambiguities ready for your decoding,” New York times, Oct. 3, 2003, p. E37. On works by Nayland Blake in “Some kind of love” at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Johnson, Ken, “Jamel Shabazz: ‘Last Sunday in June: a decade of photographs’ [at] Kravets-Wehby, 521 West 21st Street, Chelsea, through August,” New York times, July 18, 2003, p. E33. Short review
Kennedy, Sean, “Model behavior: the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation’s newest exhibit shows off more than 600 ‘Naked’ men,” HX magazine, issue 628 (Sept. 19, 2003), p. 22-24
Khakhar, Bhupen. Bhupen Khakhar. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2002. 177 p. ISBN 8480261692 In conjunction with an exhibition from June 6-Sept. 16, 2002; text in English and Spanish
Krach, Aaron, “Ball buster: Matthew Barney’s ‘Cremaster cycle’ digests queer conundrum,” Gay city news (New York), Mar. 14-20, 2003, online at http://www.gaycitynews.com/gcn211/ballbuster.html Review of Barney show at Guggenheim
Leslie, Charles, “An interview with Charles Leslie by Bill DeNoyelles,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 10 (2003), p. 1, 9-14
LeSueur, Joe. Digressions on some poems by Frank O’Hara. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. xxvii, 305 pp. ISBN 0374139806
Mangels, Andy, “The last of Leonard & Larry: a new collection features the last of the popular gays-next-door comic strip,” The advocate, #900 (Oct. 14, 2003), p. 90-91
McCroy, Winnie, “Still more dykes to watch out for,” New York blade, Sept. 26, 2003, p. 23. On Alison Bechdel and her new Dykes and sundry other carbon-based life-forms to watch out for
McDermott, Keith, “He did this, he did that,” The James White review, v. 20, no. 1 & 2 (winter/spring 2003), p. 44-46. Review of Digressions on some poems by Frank O’Hara by Joe LeSueur (Farrar, Straus Giroux)
McDermott, Stephen W., “ArtGroup’s emerging legacy: important mid-summer shows at SK417 and Pegasus,” Gay city news (New York),. July 25-31, 2003, p. 25
McDermott, Stephen, “French fantasy in Chelsea,” Gay city news (New York), June 20-26, 2003, p. 25, 46. On Pierre et Gilles show at Robert Miller Gallery
McDermott, Stephen, “Oral sex: photo exhibition focuses on kissing in all its permutations,” Gay city news (New York), June 13-19, 2003, p. 22, 30. On “The kiss” at Leslie-Lohman
Miller, Tim, “Going to pot: Sex pots’ reveals ceramic eroticism,” Philadelphia gay news, June 27-July 3, 2003, p. 25, 27, 40. Review of Sex pots: eroticism in ceramics by Paul Mathieu (Rutgers University Press)
Nickas, Bob, “Camera libido: the photography of Walter Pfeiffer,” Artforum, v. 41, no. 10 (summer 2003), p. 170-175, with 11 photos
Nochlin, Linda, “‘Christian Schad and the Neue Sachlichkeit,” Neue Galerie, New York,” Artforum, v. 41, no. 10 (summer 2003), p. 179. Exhibition review, illustrated by “Sisters” (two women apparently in very intimate contact) and “Boys in love” (two boys kissing)
Osbourne, Duncan, “Saving black gay treasures: Schomburg Center houses film and literature chronicling a community,” Gay city news (New York), Oct. 2-8, 2003, p. 8. The Schomburg is part of the New York Public Library
Riding, Alan, “Jean Cocteau, before his own fabulousness consumed him,” New York times, Oct. 5, 2003, p. AR33, 35. On the occasion of the exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, Paris
Robinson, Andrew, “Frankenstein’s sweet side: Ellen Berkenblit’s work offers goofy authenticity and pop abstraction,” Gay city news (New York), Sept. 12-18, 2003, p. 20. On the exhibition “Batsugar von Frankenstein” at Anton Kern Gallery, New York, through Oct. 4, 2003
Ross, Lillian, “Taos postcard: lunch with Agnes [Martin],” The New Yorker, July 14 & 21, 2003, p. 32, 34
Salatino, Kevin, “What’s behind those glittering surfaces?” The gay & lesbian review, v, 10, no. 5 (Sept.-Oct. 2003), p. 35-37. Review of Paul Cadmus: the male nude by Justin Spring (Universe Pub.)
Schjeldahl, Peter, “The searcher: Marsden Hartley’s eloquent restlessness,” The New Yorker, Feb. 3, 2003, p. 93-94
Simpson, Les, “Northern exposure: maverick filmmaker Bruce LaBruce brings his photography exhibition ‘Blame Canada’ to New York,” HX magazine, issue 630 (Oct. 3, 2003), p. 20-22. On LaBruce exhibit at John Connelly Presents, New York
Sischy, Ingrid, “Andy land,” New York times magazine. Fashions of the Times, Aug. 17, 2003, p. 80-84. “The secret to Warhol’s genius was the exploitation of guilty pleasures. Ingrid Sischy recalls all the good, clean, decadent fun”
Solomon, Charles, “Animé, mon amour: forget Pokémon, Japanese animation explodes with gay, lesbian, and trans themes,” The advocate, #900 (Oct. 14, 2003), p. 86-88
Stone, Martha E., “A life in ‘The Building’,” The gay & lesbian review, v, 10, no. 5 (Sept.-Oct. 2003), p. 45. Review of Insurgent muse: life and art at the Woman’s Building by Terry Wolverton (City Lights Books)
Straub, Drew B., “Formalism and premonition: portraits, flowers, and cock make up Mapplethorpe work not seen here before,” Gay city news (New York), Sept. 19-25, 2003, p. 20. 31. Review of “Eye to eye” at Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Strong, Lester, “Art povera AIDS: AIDS and Patrick Angus’s art of poverty,” A & u, issue 104 (June 2003), p. 24-25, with 4 col. illus.
Wallach, Amei, “Finding Mapplethorpe’s inner Cindy Sherman,” New York times, Sept. 14, 2003, p. AR34, 38
Warhol, Andy. Andy Warhol: piss & sex paintings and drawings. Essay by Bruce Hainley. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2002. 100 pp. ISBN 1-880154-82-X
Weber, Bruce. The heart of the matter: the still lifes of Marsden Hartley. New York: Berry-Hill Galleries, 2003. 162 pp.
Williams, James S., “For our eyes only: body and sexuality in reverse motion in the films of Jean Cocteau,” in Gender and French cinema (Oxford and New York: Berg, 2001), p. 77-106
WEBSITES
“All frocked up: glimpses of cross-dressing in Saskatchewan” - curated by Neil Richards
http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/allfrockedup/
“Glenn Ligon: annotation”
http://www.diabeacon.org/ligon
“Talking about pornography: a comparative subject analysis of sexually explicit materials” by Cynthia Ann Moya
(M.L.I.S. thesis, U. of Washington, 2001)
http://www.green-bean.com/cynde/TalkingAboutPorn.htm
“Warriors: a collection of drawings, paintings, sculpture and etchings exploring the vulnerability of the individual within the inevitability of war” - works by Trevor Southey, represented by Dabakis-Justesen Fine Art
http://www.trevorsouthey.com or http://www.djfa.com
(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 sherman.clarke@nyu.edu.)
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Encyclopedia of Male Homosexual Art
by Paul Knobel
The Encyclopedia of male homosexual art attempts to list all significant known public and private artworks whose subject can be interpreted as being or having homosexual reference; where the homosexuality of an artist is known, this is noted. It has 6,763 entries in Filemaker Pro in a format similar to my CD-ROM published last year An encyclopedia of male homosexual poetry and its reception history (which came to two million words; copies are within the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Harvard and Yale).
The Art encyclopedia is at least 300,000 words long and will be illustrated. Some 1,400 entries were added following a research visit to western Europe and the U.S. in 2002. It is hoped to add reference to all bibliographical entries in the Queer Caucus for Art newsletter following acquisition of a complete set from Sherman Clarke in 2002 (for whose assistance I am deeply grateful). (I am not sure I can include all 3000 artists listed at the Leslie Lohman archives.) The Encyclopedia will include entries for all significant publicly known homosexuals who have had artistic portraits in the form of photographs, paintings, sculptures, etc. (e.g. Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears). The Encyclopedia is already a complex reference tool. For a fuller description, email me.
Best wishes to all.
Paul Knobel
Honorary Research Associate
University of Sydney, Australia
knobel@ozemail.com.au