Queer Caucus for Art Newsletter, October 2006
NEW & NEWLY DISCOVERED PUBLICATIONS

Abbe, Mary, “Hitting the ground running: William M. Griswold presides over a massive expansion of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts,” Art news, v. 105, no. 6 (June 2006), p. 60, 62

Anderson, James, “Jimmy Robert French artist wears army shorts of younger brother,” Butt: amazing magazine for homosexuals, #17 (autumn 2006), p. 40-47, with photos by Wolfgang Tillmans

Ayerza, Josefina, “Catherine Opie: Cathy Lebowitz interviews Josefina Ayerza,” Lacanian ink, 27 (spring 2006), p. 150-155. On her “Self-portrait/nursing” (2004) and other works

Bacon, Alex, “Treasures of gay art from the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 20 (summer 2006), p. 16-17

Baires, Tiffany, “Artist’s statement,” Corpus, v. 4, no. 1 (spring 2006), p. 88-93, with 6 photos

Bell, Casey, “Local artist’s exhibit bears ‘Naked truth’,” Philadelphia gay news, June 30-July 6, 2006, p. 70, 64. On exhibit of works by E. Gibbons at Rodger LaPelle Gallery, Philadelphia

Blanchon, Robert. Robert Blanchon. Edited by Tania Duvergne and Amy Sadao, with essays by Gregg Bordowitz and Sasha Archibald. New York: Visual AIDS, 2006; distrib. by D.A.P. 176 p., with syllabi for his courses at UC Irvine and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. ISBN 0-9678425-2-2

Bronski, Michael, “[review of] Sex objects: art and the dialectic of desire [by] Jennifer Doyle, University of Minnesota ...” Lambda book report, v. 14, issue 2 (summer 2006), p. 9

Bryan-Wilson, Julia, “Repetition and difference: on LTTR,” Artforum, v. 44, no. 10 (summer 2006), p. 109-110

Burgun, François, “Sexuation,” Pref mag, hors série 1 [2006], p. 106-115. Photo essay with short text in French and English

Capozzola, Christopher, “[review of] High pink: Tex-Mex fairy tales by Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Distributed Art Publishers ...” The gay & lesbian review, v. 13, no. 4 (July-Aug. 2006), p. 45

Carlomusto, Jean, “Radiant spaces,” Corpus, v. 4, no. 1 (spring 2006), p. 72-79. On Emily Roysdon’s photo series Untitled, an homage to Wojnarowicz’s “Rimbaud in New York”

Comer, Stuart, “Wolfgang Tillmans deutscher top Künstler aus London fickt keyboard player von Bronski Beat,” Butt: amazing magazine for homosexuals, #17 (autumn 2006), p. 24-31. Interview, with 3 illus.

Conner, Jill, “‘The culture of queer: a tribute to J.B. Harter,’ the Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation, May 2-July 1, 2006,” The Brooklyn rail, June 2006, p. 36. Exhibition review

Cotter, Holland, “Arlene Raven, 62, a historian and supporter of women’s art,” New York times, Aug. 5, 2006, p. 30

Cotter, Holland, “Up from the underground,” New York times, Aug. 11, 2006, p. E23, 26. On “Subterranean momuments” at Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, an exhibition of works by Rudy Burckhardt, Ray Johnson, and Peter Hujar

Curuby, John, “Robert Bliss, part 2,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 20 (summer 2006), p. 9-11

D’Agostino, Stephen, “Stepping into a new light: Leslie/Lohman inaugurates a queer gallery space,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 16 (May 1, 2006), p. 16, 24

Dinco, Dino, “Cité des anges,” Pref mag, hors série 1 [2006], p. 42-53. Photo essay with short text in French and English

Dolan, Jill, “Blogging on queer connections in the arts and the Five Lesbian Brothers,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 3 (2006), p. 491-506

Dubin, Steven C., “Our man in Havana: Robert Mapplethorpe,” Art in America, June/July 2006, 127-131. Show at Fototeca in Havana successful and extended

“Un été tout nu,” Tˆêtu, no 113 (juillet-août 2006), p. 108-139. Photo essay with photos by Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Jack Pierson, Walter Pfeiffer, Bruce LaBruce, Christian Aschman, Miguel Villalobos, Stéphanie Bailly, Samuel Zakuto, and Félix Lahrer

Finke, Brian, “Football,” Pref mag, hors série 1 [2006], p. 79. Photo essay with short text in French and English

Frontain, Raymond- Jean, “The fortune in David’s eyes,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 13, no. 4 (July-Aug. 2006), p. 12-15. On David as theme for Donatello, Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Cadmus, Unzipped, and others

Fyfe, Joe, “Billy Sullivan at Nicole Klagsbrun,” Art in America, June/July 2006, p. 187-188

Fryd, Vivien Green, “The ‘ghosting’ of incest and female relations in Harriet Hosmer’s Beatrice Cenci,” Art bulletin, v. 88, no. 2 (June 2006), p. 292-309

Gayton, Anthony, “Angelus,” Pref mag, hors série 1 [2006], p. 132-147. Photo essay with narrative in English and short text in French and English

Gilmore, Jonathan, “Jack Pierson at Cheim & Read,” Art in America, June/July 2006, p. 190-191

Gober, Robert, “1978-2000,” Lacanian ink, 27 (spring 2006), p. 142-149. Photo essay

Graves, Jen, “Ban the abs: a few new regulations for gay ‘art’ photographers and their patrons,” The stranger (Seattle, Wash.), June 22-28, 2006 (available online at www.thestranger.com/seattle/content?oid=37654)

Griffin, Nora, “The death of the subject: a review of Bernhart Schwenk and Michael Semff’s P.P.P.: Pier Paolo Pasolini and death,” The Brooklyn rail, July/Aug. 2006, p. 73

Hawkins, Richard. Richard Hawkins. Köln: Galerie Daniel Buchholz, 2003. 64 p.

Haynes, Clarity, “Just real-looking: the portrait art of Clarity Haynes,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 20 (summer 2006), p. 13-15. Interview with Tom Saettel

Heartney, Eleanor, “Richard Pettibone at Leo Castelli,” Art in America, June/July 2006, p. 191. Pettibone’s riff on Warhol’s soup cans

Hendricks, Geoffrey. Four hands examining the color of a thought: collaborations with Brian Buczak. New York: Money for Food Press, 2003. 85 p. ISBN 0941422003

Holliday, Frank, “The beautiful people: Herb Ritts’ singular aesthetic focus,” Gay city news (NYC), May 11-17, 2006, p. 17. On the show at Wessel + O’Connor, New York

Holliday, Frank, “Expressionist graffiti rift: at the intersection of Dubuffet and Basquait [sic],” Gay city news (NYC), June 15-21, 2006, p. 20. On the show at PaceWildenstein

Kimmelman, Michael, “Girodet the immoderate, back from the dead,” New York times, May 26, 2006, p. E25, E32. Review of the show at the Metropolitan Museum, New York

Kitlinski, Tomek, and Pawel Leszkowicz, “Poland: gay pride parade is attacked in Kraków,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 13, no. 4 (July-Aug. 2006), p. 11

Kleeblatt, Norman L., “Report from Berlin: Israel’s traumas and dreams: a mega-exhibition titled The New Hebrews use a combination of art and documentary material to tackle a century of Israeli culture and history,” Art in America, May 2006, p. 106-115

Kosinski, Dorothy. Dialogues: Duchamp Cornell Johns Rauschenberg. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. 111 p. ISBN 0-300-10926-1

Landi, Ann, “Agnes Martin [at] PaceWildenstein,” Art news, v. 105, no. 6 (June 2006), p. 140

Langer, Cassandra, “Joan Snyder by Hayden Herrera, with Jenni Sorkin and Norman L. Kleeblatt, Abrams, 2005,” Woman’s art journal, v. 27, no. 1 (spring/summer 2006), p. 36 ?-39. Book review

Larson, Maria Burgaleta, “Catherine Opie [at] Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut,” Art news, v. 105, no. 6 (June 2006), p. 149

Leffingwell, Edward, “Franco Mondini-Ruiz at Frederieke Taylor,” Art in America, May 2006, p. 192-193

Leszkowicz, Pawel. Milosc i demokracja = Love and democracy. Gdansk: Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej “Laznia”, 2006. 216 p. ISBN 978-83-918763-7-4 Includes biographies of 30 artists in the exhibition “Make love not war, enjoy art”

Leszkowicz, Pawel, and Tomek Kitlinski. Milosc i demokracja: rozwazania o kwestii homoseksualnej w Polsce. Kraków: “Aureus,” 2005. 324 p. ISBN 8387887560 Reflections on the homosexual question in Poland

Leszkowicz, Pawel, “The queer story of Polish art and subjectivity,” Art margins, dated Apr. 10, 2006, available at www.artmargins.com/content/feature/leszkowcz..htm

Lovelace, Carey, “Geoffrey Hendricks at Pavel Zoubok,” Art in America, May 2006, p. 181-182

Majoli, Monica, “Identity, intimacy and mortality,” Corpus, v. 4, no. 1 (spring 2006), p. 46-53, with 14 illus.

Makovsky, Paul, “City of the big shoulders: Catherine Opie trains her lens on Chicago,” Metropolis, v. 25, no. 11 (July 2006), p. 148-149. On the occasion of an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, through Oct. 15, 2006

Marler, Regina, “Drawn to the truth: superstar queer cartoonist Alison Bechdel takes time out from chronicling the lesbian world to pen a moody, haunting memoir about growing up, coming out, and discovering that her dad was also gay,” The advocate, #965 (June 20, 2006), p. 120-121

Melgaard, Bjarne, “Bjarne Melgaard Norwegian hulk makes brutal homosexualist art,” Butt, #16 (summer 2006), p. 60-64, interview by Slava Mogutin, portraits by Daniel Riera

Meyer, Richard, “Gay power circa 1970: visual strategies for sexual revolution,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 3 (2006), p. 441-464

Meyer, Richard, and David Román, editors, “Art works, part 2,” GLQ: a journal of lesbian and gay studies, v. 12, no. 3 (2006. Essays are also listed individually

Middleman, Rachel, “History with a small ‘H’: a conversation with Glenn Ligon,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 3 (2006), p. 465-474

Miller, Martha, “A discernible presence,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 13, no. 4 (July-Aug. 2006), p. 38. Review of Women together/women apart: portraits of lesbian Paris by Tirza True Latimer (Rutgers U Press)

Mogutin, Slava, “Jockstrap dogs,” Pref mag, hors série 1 [2006], p. 116-129. Photo essay with short text in French and English

Montez, Ricardo, “‘Trade’ marks: LA2, Keith Haring, and a queer economy of collaboration,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 3 (2006), p. 425-440

Northcross, Wayne, “Outside the frame: an insider’s view of what’s not on screen,” Gay city news (NYC), May 25-31, 2006, p. 18,26. On Jeff Burton show at Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York

Northcross, Wayne, “Sleepaway for the rejected: Scott Hug and friends squat at the gallery,” Gay city news (NYC), Aug. 31-Sept. 6, 2006, p. 24. On a show at John Connelly Presents, New York

Northcross, Wayne, “Where are the naked men?: redefining what art means to be gay,” Gay city news (NYC), July 13-19, 2005, p. 14, 27. On “The name of this show is not gay art now” at Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York

Oppedisano, Joe, “Ombres: variations autour de Joseph Sayers,” Pref mag, hors série 1 [2006], p. 56-67. Photo essay with short text in French and English

Ortiz, Luna Luis, as told to Cator Sparks, “Shooting for life: HIV-positive since age 14, this New York photographer reaffirmed his life through his camera, now he’s giving kids at Harvey Milk High School the same opportunity and helping them see the big picture about AIDS,” The advocate, #965 (June 20, 2006), p. 36

Paglia, Camille, “Journey to art,” Gay America guide, premiere issue (winter/spring 2006), p. 48-50, with photo by Aaron Cobbett after Bronzino’s “Portrait of a young man” at the Met

Pasquariello, Lisa, “Jack Pierson [at] Cheim & Read, New York,” Artforum, v. 44, no. 10 (summer 2006), p. 348

Pepe, Sheila. Mind the gap. Amherst: University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2005. 47 p. ISBN 978-0-929597-1-88

Phelps, Rob, “An artist for all seasons: Jay Critchley weather a ‘long winter’ of economic depravity on Cape Cod,” Boston spirit, v. 2, issue 3 (Aug.-Sept. 2006), p. 17-20

Princenthal, Nancy, “Louise Fishman at Cheim & Read,” Art in America, May 2006, p. 182

Princenthal, Nancy, “Maria Elena González at Knoedler and The Project,” Art in America, May 2006, p. 188-189

Reed, Christopher, “Design for (queer) living: sexual identity, performance, and decor in British Vogue, 1922-1926,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 3 (2006), p. 377-403

Reed, Christopher, “[review of] Modernism and the architecture of private life [by] Victoria Rosner (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005) xi + 219 pp.,” Woolf studies annual, v. 12 (2006), p. 231-234

Rexer, Lyle, “Agustin Fernandez at Mitchell Algus,” Art in America, May 2006, p. 193

Risemberg, Rafael, “Artistically incorrect: John Waters’ exhibit pokes blistering fun at media,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 16 (May 1, 2006), p. 18, 21. On the show at Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “Bad girls: artist Dawn Mellor skewers female celebrities,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 22 (June 12, 2006), p. 16. On the show at Team Gallery, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “Bible study: artist Jan Wandrag re-interprets King David and Jonathan’s love affair,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 25 (July 3, 2006), p. 20. On the show at Peter Hay Halpert Gallery, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “Dungeon boutique: Holstad concocts a fetish in leather and hemp,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 11 (Mar. 27, 2006), p. 18. On “Leather beach” installation by Christian Holstad, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “Earth matters: artist Ed Baynard goes blue over global warning,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 17 (May 8, 2006), p. 17. On a show at Sara Tecchia Roma New York Gallery, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “Head to head: portrait photography by two gay art titans,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 24 (June 24, 2006), p. 26. On “Mapplethorpe/Warhol” at Sean Kelly Gallery, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “Melancholy baby: Jack Pierson’s artwork saddens and inspires,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 13 (Apr. 10, 2006), p. 17. On the show at Cheim & Read, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “Monstrous: Pepe Mar’s glam, feral creatures enliven Chelsea,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 30 (Aug. 7, 2006), p. 20. On the show at Freight & Volume Gallery, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “The new male gaze: artists Wes Hempel and Jack Balas revisit the male,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 36 (Sept. 18, 2006), p. 17. On their show at Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “Roses of India: digital artist Tejal Shah depicts tranny sex workers from Mumbai,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 23 (June 19, 2006), p. 19. On the show at Thomas Erben Gallery, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “Speak of the devil: Ves Pitts photographs the homoerotic and macabre,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 37 (Sept. 25, 2006), p. 20. On the show at Christopher Henry Gallery, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “The sperm hunters: artist Nicole Eisenman concocts a bizarre Amazonian fantasy,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 21 (June 5, 2006), p. 18. On the show at Leo Koenig Gallery, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “Thailand a go-go: Richard Hawkins paints the gay sex industry,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 20 (May 29, 2006), p. 22. On the show at Greene Naftali Gallery, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “Uncommon threads: artists Donnie & Travis embroider on the metaphysical,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 27 (July 17, 2006), p. 16. On the show at John Connelly Presents, New York

Risemberg, Rafael, “Women gone wild: the next generation of provocative female artists,” New York blade, v. 10, issue 29 (July 31, 2006), p. 18. On “Wild girls” at Exit Art exitart.org

Robbins, Mark. Households. Essays by Bill Horrigan and Julie Lasky. New York: Monacelli Press, 2006. 152 p. ISBN 1-58093-164-2

Robinson, Andrew, “Serial misadventures: sly, sexual watercolor trysts,” Gay city news (NYC), July 13-19, 2006, p. 14. On the Carl James Ferrero show at Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York

Robinson, Andrew, “Shocking, awful delights: John Waters’ irreverent, essential reading,” Gay city news (NYC), May 4-10, 2006, p. 16. On the show at Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York

Robinson, Gerard, “Leslie-Lohman’s Louisiana opening: delayed by Katrina, J.B. Harter retrospective launches gay art gallery’s new home,” Gay city news (NYC), May 18-24, 2006, p. 20

Rogerson, Stephanie, “Art attack: the blood & guts of the entertainment industry,” Xtra (Toronto), May 25, 2006 www.xtra.ca Review of the Bruce LaBruce show at Gallery 1313, Toronto

Rogerson, Stephanie, “Glenn Ligon: some changes [at] the Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario, June 25-September 5, 2005,” Afterimage, v. 33, issue 3 (Nov.-Dec. 2005), p. 48-49

Rogerson, Stephanie, “Into the good night of darkness,” Xtra (Toronto), July 7, 2005 www.xtra.ca Review of show at Power Plant

Rosen, Rob Hugh, “Is something missing?” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 20 (summer 2006), p. 4-7. On condoms in gay male art

Rousseau, François, “Lumière de chair,” Pref mag, hors série 1 [2006], p. 26-41. Photo essay with short text in French and English

Rubinstein, Raphael, “When bad was good,” Art in America, June/July 2006, p. 83-87. On the “Downtown Show” which originated at NYU and went on to the Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh

Savadov, Arsen, “Collectif rouge,” Pref mag, hors série 1 [2006], p. 148-161. Photo essay with short text in French and English

Segade, Alex, “Eve Fowler & A.L. Steiner [at] Harvey Levine Gallery, Culver City, CA, January 21-March 4, 2006,” ArtUS, issue 13 (May-June 2006), p. 4

Sepuya, Paul Mpagi. The difference between a memory, a portrait, a resolution. artist’s book, 2006, 3 booklets in a box

Smith, Roberta, “Basquiat Dubuffet: personal histories [at] PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, Chelsea, through June 17,” New York times, May 26, 2006, p. E27

Smith, Roberta, “‘The name of this show is not: gay art now’ [at] Paul Kasmin, 293 10th Avenue, at 27th Street, Chelsea, through July 14,” New York times, July 7, 2006, p. E28

Spiher, David, “Tabboo! gives you fever,” Gay city news (NYC), June 22-28, 2006, p. 45, 87. On “Stephen Tashjian alias Tabboo!” and “The name of this show is not gay art [now]” at Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York

Sternad, Jennifer Flores, “Cyclona and early chicano performance art: an interview with Robert Legorreta,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 3 (2006), p. 475-490

Tallmer, Jerry, “The simple life: Andy Warhol’s four hours of fame,” Gay city news (NYC), Sept. 7-13, 2006, p. 24. On Ric Burns’s “Andy Warhol: a documentary film”

Thévinin, Patrick, “Walter Pfeiffer: photosensible,” Têtu, no 113 (juillet-août 2006), p. 154-158. On Pfeiffer and an exhibition of recent works in Paris, with 4 photos and portrait

Thompson, Margo Hobbs, “‘Dear sisters’: the visible lesbian in community arts journals,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 3 (2006), p. 405-423

Tillmans, Wolfgang. Wako book 3. Tokyo, Japan: Wako Works of Art, 2004. 80 p. $32 from Printed Matter, New York

Tillmans, Wolfgang. Wolfgang Tillmans. Essays by Julie Ault, Daniel Birnbaum, Russell Ferguson, Dominic Molon, Lane Relyea and Mark Wigley. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, 2006. 181 p. ISBN 0-300-012022-2

Turnbaugh, Douglas Blair, “Imageman Peter Flinsch,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 20 (summer 2006), p. 19-22

Valdez, Sarah, “Tracey Emin at Lehmann Maupin,” Art in America, May 2006, p. 180-181

Weil, Rex, “Louise Fishman [at] Cheim & Read,” Art news, v. 105, no. 6 (June 2006), p. 140, 142

Whittington, Lewis, “The art was young and gay,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 13, no. 4 (July-Aug. 2006), p. 41. Review of Between you and me: queer disclosures in the New York art world, 1948-1963 by Gavin Butt (Duke U Press)

Who cares. Essays by Anne Pasternak and Doug Ashford. New York: Creative Time, 2006; distrib. by D.A.P. ISBN 1-928570-02-X Reports of three dinner-conversations with artists, curators and scholars, considering the “urgent issues of art’s relationships to social action today”

Wolf, Stacy, “‘We’ll always be bosom buddies’: female duets and the queering of Broadway musical theater,” GLQ, v. 12, no. 3 (2006), p. 351-376

Yve, Mike, “Un regard queer sur la photographie: une lente assimilation des photographes de l’homo-éroticisme et du queer par l’histoire de l’art,” Pref mag, hors série 1 [2006], p. 6-15. With photos by Anthony Gayton; also in English, see next entry

Yve, Mike, “Queer eye on photography: slow assimilation of homoeroticism and queer photographers by art history,” Pref mag, special issue v. 1 [2006], p. 16-23. With more photos by Anthony Gayton

Note about book reviews and listings:

If you are interested in reviewing any of the books or websites listed above, 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 on page two.


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