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Queer Art

From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between
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Celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with this vivid and dynamic collection of artworks that charts queer voices from around the world. The twentieth century saw key shifts for the LGBTQ+ community across the western world: from the Stonewall uprising to the first pride parades and homosexuality law... Read More
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Queer Art

An intoxicating and energetic curation of leading LGBTQ+ artworks from the twentieth century to today.

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Celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with this vivid and dynamic collection of artworks that charts queer voices from around the world.

The twentieth century saw key shifts for the LGBTQ+ community across the western world: from the Stonewall uprising to the first pride parades and homosexuality law reforms. The years following these milestone moments have seen queer life face new challenges, celebrations, injustices, and liberations.

As ever, this journey has been closely mapped by art and culture. Artists working across all mediums – from painting, performance, digital, and beyond – have captured key moments impacting the LGBTQ+ community, from the HIV/AIDS crisis and the rise of drag, to marriage equality and the fight for trans liberation.

The artists include:

  • Andrew Logan, sculptor and founder of the Alternative Miss World party
  • Leading artists David Hockney, Nicole Eisenmann, and Zanele Muholi
  • Late greats Greer Lankton, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, and Tom of Finland
  • Pioneers of Queer Cinema Derek Jarman and Sir Isaac Julien
  • Ground-breaking photographers Nan Goldin, Ajamu X, Wolfgang Tilmans, and Catherine Opie
  • Contemporary art stars Sin Wai Kin, Zackary Drucker, and Clifford Prince King

With a heady curation of artworks selected by leading LGBTQ+ curator Gemma Rolls-Bentley, Queer Art mixes the high-brow with the low, gallery stalwarts with Instagram stars, and the racy with the fabulous. With over 150 works across thematic chapters covering Queer Spaces, Queer Bodies, and Queer Power, this is a unique celebration of queer life – a must-have for the LGBTQ+ community, art lovers, and anyone interested in the culture surrounding queer identity.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711282674

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 May 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Frances Lincoln

Illustration: 180 colour photos

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Sir Isaac Julien

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 195.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 750g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Gemma Rolls-Bentley has been at the forefront of contemporary art for over a decade, working passionately to amplify the work of queer artists and provide a platform for art that represents and explores LGBTQ+ identity. She is chief curator at Avant Arte, a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art and a co-chair for Queercircle, a charity that supports art, culture, health and well-being in the LGBTQ+ community.

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