Alphen, Ernst van. Francis Bacon and the loss of self. London: Reaktion Books (original ed.: Harvard University Press, 1993) 234 pp. ISBN 0-948462-34-5 (£14.95)
Bartlett, Neil, “Fresh as paint,” Gay times (London), no. 278 (Nov. 2001), p. 88. Review of Water from a bucket: a diary 1948-1957 by Charles Henri Ford: “fellow New York author Lynne Tillman has edited the diary faultlessly ... Recommended, in every possible sense of the phrase, this provoking, pleasurable, unexpected book is a true labour of love”
Bechdel, Alison, “Ordinary insurrections: Alison Bechtel interviewed by Marney Hall,” The journal of lesbian studies, v. 6, no. 3 (2001), p. 15-21
Beckford, William. The consummate collector: William Beckford’s letters to his bookseller. Edited with introduction and notes by Robert J. Gemmett. Wilby, Norwich [UK]: Michael Russell, 2000. 336 pp. ISBN 0859552527
Beckford, William. William Beckford 1760-1844: an eye for the magnificent. Derek E. Ostergard, editor; essays by Philip Hewat-Jaboor and others. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. 448 pp. ISBN 0-300-09068-4 (hardcover) In conjunction with the exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center, New York
Beyer, Charles, “Arousing the sleepers: the art of Matthew Benedict,” Metrosource (New York), v. 12, no. 5 (Dec. 2001/Jan. 2002), p. 54-56
Biren, Joan E. and Gayle E. Pittman, “JEB (Joan E. Biren): lesbian photographer, video producer, activist,” The journal of lesbian studies, v. 6, no. 3 (2001), p. 23-31. With photo by Leigh Mosley
Brownell, Morris R. The prime minister of taste : a portrait of Horace Walpole. New Haven: Yale University Press, c2001. 353 pp. ISBN 0-300-08716-0 (cloth)
Carter, Miranda. Anthony Blunt: his lives. London: Macmillan; New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001. 590 pp. ISBN 0374105316 (FSG : $30.00)
Coates, Jennifer, “Joe Brainard: a retrospective, PS1 Contemporary Art Center,” The Brooklyn rail, Jan./Feb. 2002, p. 28. Exhibition review
Collins, Bradford R., “Dick Tracy and the case of Warhol’s closet: a psychoanalytic deetective story,” American art, v. 15, no. 3 (fall 2001) abstract online at http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/journal/
Corinne, Tee A., “How lesbian artists support their art,” The journal of lesbian studies, v. 6, no. 3 (2001), p. 42-43
Cotter, Holland, “MacDermott and MacGough [at] P.H.A.G., 530 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, through tomorrow,” New York times, Dec. 7, 2001, p. E32
Dowell, James, “Charles Henri Ford was there,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 8, no. 6 (Nov.-Dec. 2001), p. 32-34
Felman, Jyl Lynn. Never a dull moment: teaching and the art of performance: feminism takes center stage. New York: Routledge, 2001. xxi, 233 p. ISBN 0-415-92659-9 ($85.00) ISBN 0-415-92660-2 ($16.95 : pbk.)
Glueck, Grace, “‘Who is Sidney Sherman?’ [at] Pace/MacGill Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, through Dec. 1,” New York times, Nov. 16, 2001, p. E34. On Duane Michals’s appropriations
Gober, Robert. Robert Gober. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; Washington: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2001. 2 vols.: 1978-2000 is a bound work of photographic collage; Robert Gober (72 p.) is exhibition catalog with essays by James Rondeau and Olga M. Viso
Goldberg, Vicki, “A certain look the camera sold,” New York times, Nov. 18, 2001, p. AR 37-38. On Horst and Hoyningen-Huene show at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Habib, John Philip, “Time travelers,” The advocate, #852 (Dec. 4, 2001), p. 66-67. On MacDermott and MacGough and their show at P.H.A.G., New York
Hamilton, William L. “Dressing the part is her art: shopping with Nikki S. Lee,” New York times, Dec. 2, 2001, p. ST 1, 8
Hammer, Barbara, “Lesbian images in the classic film era: Beth Mauldin talks with a lesbian film documentarian,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 8, no. 6 (Nov.-Dec. 2001), p. 29-31
Johnson, Ken, “Frank Holliday: ‘Trippin’ in America’ [at] Debs & Company, 525 West 26th Street, Chelsea, through Nov. 17,” New York times, Nov. 2, 2001, p. E40
Johnson, Ken, “’Interwoven lives: George Platt Lynes and his friends’ [at] DC Moore, 724 Fifth Avenue ... through Oct. 20,” New York times, Oct. 12, 2001, p. E37
Johnson, Ken, “One life in the light, another in the shadows,” New York times, Dec. 21, 2001, p. E45. Speculation about the homoerotic in the paintings of John Koch (see also Koch catalog below)
Kakutani, Michiko, “The gay savant and traitor with hardly enough closets,” New York times, Jan. 4, 2002, p. E46. Review of Anthony Blunt: his lives by Miranda Carter (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Kehr, Dave, “‘History lessons’: directed by Barbara Hammer, not rated, 65 minutes,” New York times, Oct. 26, 2001, p. E22. Short film review
Kleeblatt, Norman, “Emigres and others,” Art in America, v. 89, no. 12 (Dec. 2001), p. 53-57, 59. Deals very briefly with queer issues
Kleeblatt, Norman, “In memoriam with Norman Kleeblatt,” online symposium (Oct. 2001) in Artery: the AIDS art forum at http://www.artistswithaids.org/artery/symposium/symposium_kleeblatt.html
Koch, John. John Koch: painting a New York life. Essays by Phillip Lopate and others. New York: New-York Historical Society, in association with Scala, 2001. 112 p. ISBN 1-85759-266-2. Essay by Grady Turner discusses homoerotic tension in Koch’s paintings
Koolish, Lynda, “Windows filled with light,” The chronicle of higher education, v. 48, no. 17 (Dec. 2001), p. B23
Leddick, David. Male nude now. New York: Universe Publishing, 2001. 224 p. ISBN 0-7893-0635-2 (pbk. : $39.95) Lots of pictures, many in color, with short bios of the artists
Levin, Kim, “Artists haunted by history: [short review of] MacDermott & MacGough, American Fine Arts at PHAG, 530 West 22nd Street, through December 15,” Village voice, Nov. 27, 2001, p. 57
Lorenzi, Rossella, “Outing Leonardo,” Art news, v. 100, no. 11 (Dec. 2001), p. 29. On Carlo Pedretti’s article in Art e dossier on Leonardo’s relationship with Perugino and a 16th-century document that features a fantasy dialogue between Leonardo and Phydias
MacAdam, Barbara A., “Bruegel of the seaside brothels,” Art news, v. 100, no. 10 (November 2001), p. 102. “Painter Hilary Harkness details a world of military women at the helm -- from pregnant pinups to GI Janes”
MacAdam, Barbara A., “What’s so funny about Sidney Sherman?” Art news, v. 100, no. 10 (November 2001), p. 162-163. Duane Michals appropriates and parodies Cindy Sherman, Andres Serrano, Wolfgang Tillmans, Sherrie Levine, etc. in a show at Pace/MacGill, New York
Maroney, Tyler, “Much more than fifteen minutes,” Art news, v. 101, no. 1 (Jan. 2002), p. 106-110. “Fifteen years after his death, Warhol’s reputation is soaring again. Collectors are paying record prices for his works, exhibitions are touring the globe, and a commemorative postage stamp is in the works”
Marr, Andrew, “Hockney: it was all done with mirrors,” High life (British Airways magazine), Oct. 2001, p. 44-50
Mathis, Derrick, “Thought-police brutality,” The advocate, #854/855 (Jan. 22, 2002), p. 74-75. “Out artist Alex Donis discusses his sexy new paintings -- which the city of Los Angeles says are too controversial to display”
McDonald, Helen. Erotic ambiguities : the female nude in art. London; New York : Routledge, 2001. xii, 249 p. ISBN 0-415-170982 ($75.00) ISBN 0-415-17099-0 ($22.95 : pbk.)
Meyer, Richard. Outlaw representation: censorship & homosexuality in twentieth-century American art. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. (Ideologies of desire) ISBN 0-19-510760-8 (cloth : $35.00)
Muchnic, Suzanne, “David Hockney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,” Art newx, v. 100, no. 10 (November 2001), p. 180-181. Exhibition notice
Nugent, Richard Bruce. Gay rebel of the Harlem Renaissance: selections from the work of Richard Bruce Nugent. Edited by Thomas H. Wirth. Durham: Duke University Press, announced for June 2002. 304 pp. ISBN 0-8223-2886-0 (cloth : $74.95) ISBN 0-8223-2913-1 (pbk. : $24.95)
Ogden, Perry. 7 Reece Mews: Francis Bacon’s studio. Foreword by John Edwards; photographs by Perry Ogden. London: Thames & Hudson, 2001. ISBN 0-500-51034-2
Schmidt, Chris, “[Review of] Andy Warhol by Wayne Koestenbaum, Viking Press, $21.95,” Lesbian & gay New York, Oct. 11, 2001, p. 21m 30
Sewell, Darrel. Thomas Eakins. Organized by Darrel Sewell; with essays by Kathleen A. Foster and others. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. 446 p. ISBN 0876331436 (PMA : cloth) ISBN 0876331428 (PMA : pbk.) ISBN 0300091117 (Yale : cloth) Catalog of an exhibition held at Philadelphia Museum of Art, Oct. 4, 2001 to Jan. 6, 2002; Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Feb. 5 to May 12, 2002; and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 18 to Sept. 15, 2002.
Sheets, Hilarie M., “Stitch by stitch, a daughter of Islam takes on taboos,” New York times, Nov. 25, 2001, p. AR33. On the installation “Encyclopedia of pleasure” by Ghada Amer at Deitch Projects, New York
Sidlauskas, Susan, “Painting skin: John Singer Sargent’s ‘Madame X’,” American art, v. 15, no. 3 (fall 2001) online at http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/journal/
Smalls, James, “Post(modern) queer ethnographies: sculptures of Richmond Barthé,” in Un/Sichtbarkeiten der Differenz: Beiträge zur Genderdebatte in den Künsten. Edited by Annette Jael Lehmann (Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag, 2001), p. 167-192. Discusses the ways in which Barthé, through sculpture, sets out to combine and balance his interests in ethnography, spirituality, and homosexuality
Smalls, James, “Stepping out on a limb: questioning masculinity in Girodet’s ‘Scene of a deluge’ (1806),” Aurora: the journal of the history of art, 2 (2001), p. 28-53. Discusses masculinity and queer desire in Girodet’s painting through the prism of Napoleonic history, psychoanalysis, and semiotics
Smith, Roberta, “Knitting images and words into a deft, knowing style,” New York times, Nov. 9, 2001, p. E34. On Joe Brainard shows at P.S. 1, Long Island City and Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Smith, Roberta, “Renée Cox [at] Robert Miller Gallery, 526 West 26th Street, Chelsea, through Nov. 10,” New York times, Nov. 2, 2001, p. E40
Sonsini, John, “Bruce of Los Angeles portfolio,” [2], Jan./Feb. 2002, p. 80-88 (chiefly col. illus.) Bruce of Los Angeles was born Bruce Bellas in Nebraska in 1909, d. 1974
Stamos, Theodoros. Theodoros Stamos: allegories of nature, organic abstractions, 1945-1949. Essay by Barbara Cavaliere. New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2001. 35 p. ISBN 1-930416-14-8 ($15)
Stryker, Susan. Queer pulp: perverted passions from the golden age of the paperback. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2001. 128 p. ISBN 0-8118-3020-9 ($19.95). Bi-gender paper cover that can be flipped from boy to girl, or vice versa
Taormino, Tristan, “Pussy pioneer,” On our backs, vol. 16, no. 4 (Dec.-Jan. 2002), p. 28-31. On a new book by Tee Corinne, with interview and 6 images
Treglown, Jeremy, “The fourth man: a biography of the enigmatic art historian who was surveyor of Britain’s royal pictures and a secret Soviet spy,” New York times book review, Jan. 6, 2002, p. 13-14. Review of Anthony Blunt: his lives by Miranda Carter (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Viladas, Pilar, “It’s a man’s world: how a ho-hum loft became a groovy pad,” New York times magazine, Dec. 16, 2001, p. 87-92. Architect Joel Sanders redoes New York loft
Warhol, Andy. Andy Warhol. Edited by Annette Michelson; essays by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh and others. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. (October files, 2) ISBN 0-262-63242-X (pbk.) announced for November 2001
Youens, Rachel, “Joe Brainard at Tibor De Nagy and P.S. 1,” The Brooklyn rail, Jan./Feb. 2002, p. 28. Exhibition review
(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 in the listing of officers.)
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