I also want to call your attention to The Accidental Collector: Art, Fossils, Friendships by Wesley Wehr. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004, 336 pp., $24.95 cloth, ISBN 0-295-98382-5. Wehr died in Seattle this past year at age 74. He was a delightful conversationalist and that quality shines through in this chronicling of his life and friendships with, among others, gay painter Mark Tobey and lesbian poet Elizabeth Bishop.
Berry, Ian. Nayland Blake: some kind of love: performance video 1989-2002. With an essay by David Deitcher. Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, 2003. 79 pp. (Opener, 3) ISBN 0-9708790-9-1 Exhibition catalog
Betsky, Aaron, “Constructing the self and awakening desire,” Center: a journal for architecture in America, 12 (2003), p. 56-63
Blakey, Roy, “Men in color, shot around 1980 in New York,” Butt, no. 11 (autumn 2004), p. 17-24. Six illustrations and a short interview with Gert Jonkers
Bordowitz, Gregg. The AIDS crisis is ridiculous and other writings, 1986-2003. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2004. 307 pp. (The MIT Press writing art series) ISBN 0-262-02570-1 ($35.00)
Braff, Phyllis, “Looking at those images, again and again,” New York times, Long Island edition, Nov. 24, 2002 (available online at www.queerculturalcenter.org/ Pages/QVisuality/QVReview.html) Review of “Queer visualities” which was held at SUNY Stony Brook in conjunction with a conference of same name
Bravo, Claudio. Claudio Bravo and Morocco. Paris: Institut du monde arabe, 2004. 106 pp. Essays by Tahar Ben Jelloun and Edward Sullivan, with interview by Sullivan. ISBN 0897972627 Also published in French as Claudio Bravo et le Maroc
Broadway, Stephen (aka Boyway), “Testosterone treats: Boyway in the Big Apple,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 14 (autumn 2004), p. 13-14
Butt, Gavin. After criticism: new responses to art and performance. Malden, MA and Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. (New interventions in art history) 215 pp. ISBN 0-631-23284-2 ($29.95 pbk.) Essays by Rebecca Schneider, Jane Blocker, Niru Ratnam, Jennifer Doyle, José Esteban Muñoz, Irit Rogoff, John Seth, Kate Love, and Matthew Goulish. The editor’s bio on back cover lists another 2005 title Between you and me: queer disclosures in the American art world 1948-1963 (Duke University Press)
Carlson, Lance, “Lari Pittman [at] Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, November 1-December 20, 2003,” artUS, issue 2 (Apr.-May 2004), p. 16-17
Casid, Jill H., “Refracting camp,” Art journal, v. 63, no. 4 (winter 2004), p. 135-137. Review of Camp: queer aesthetics and the performing subject: a reader (University of Michigan Press, 1999)
Chin, Bryan, “G is for gorgeous!,” Next, v. 12, no. 14 (Oct. 8, 2004), p. 14-17. Interview with Glenn Hanson and his new book G-men
Christensen, Keith, “The bounty of Caravaggio’s glorious exile,” New York times, Dec. 12, 2004, p. AR 43. Review of a show at the Museo nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples which will travel to London
Cohen, Michael, “Nayland Blake [at] Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, September 27-December 31, 2003,” artUS, issue 1 (Jan.-Feb. 2004), p. 40
Cohen, Rachel, “Beyond the grid,” Art review (International ed.), v. 2, no. 9 (Dec. 2004/Jan. 2005), p. 74-77. On Agnes Martin and her show at Dia:Beacon
Cotter, Holland, “Gilbert and George ‘Perversive pictures’ [at] Sonnabend Gallery, 536 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 540 West 26th Street, Chelsea, both through Dec. 18,” New York times, Dec. 3, 2004, p. E41
Cresap, Kelly M. Pop trickster fool: Warhol performs naivete. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2004. 234 pp. ISBN 0252029267 (cloth) ISBN 0252071816 (pbk)
Davis, Mark Clinton, “You do the metaphors: Susan Synarski, the sum of her work,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 14 (autumn 2004), p. 11
Eickler, Dominic, “Kaucyila Brooke [at] Platform, Berlin, Germany,” Frieze, issue 86 (Oct. 2004), p. 162
Eigo, Jim, “’To do it well is like a compulsion’: the art and life of Blade (Neel Bate),” The archive: the journal of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 14 (autumn 2004), p. 1, 3-9. Includes interview on Blade with Charles Leslie, Fritz Lohman, Charles Vazzi, and Robert Richards
Eisenman, Nicole. Nicole Eisenman: selected works 1993-2003. Essay by Eileen Myles. Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2003. 61 pp. Catalog of exhibition curated by Andrea Inselmann
Farrell, Laurie Ann, “Re-dressing power: the art of Yinka Shonibare,” 2wice, v. 7, no. 2 (2004), p. 20-31
Galloway, David, “Pierre and Gilles [at] Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris,” Art news, v. 104, no. 1 (Feb. 2005), p. 138
Gardiner, Virginia, “One room fits all,” Dwell, v. 5, no. 3 (Jan.-Feb. 2005), p. 104-109. Renovation of studio apartment in New York City by Joel Sanders for Milan Hughston
Giuffo, John, “Shades of white,” Art news, v. 104, no. 1 (Jan. 2005), p. 32. Review of “White: whiteness and race in contemporary art” at the International Center for Photography, New York; artists include Nayland Blake
Goodman, Jonathan, “Bari Kumar at Bose Pacia,” Art in America, Nov. 2004, p. 175-176
Hainley, Bruce, “Bob Mizer [at] Western Project, Los Angeles,” Artforum, v. 43, no. 3 (Nov. 2004), p. 231. Mizer founded Athletic Model Guild in 1945
Hardy, K8, “K8 Hardy, artist,” Useless, v. 1, no. 1 (fall/winter 2004), p. 24-25
Hawkins, Richard, “Postmortem: devil may sign,” artUS, issue 3 (June-Aug. 2004), p. 44-45. Collectibles from Hawkins’s time in used bookstore include Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kenneth Anger inscriptions, with copy of Plato’s Symposium inscribed to Richard from Arnold
Hemphill, Essex, “Where we live: a conversation with Essex Hemphill and Isaac Julien (1994),” in Freedom in this village: twenty-five years of black gay men’s writing (New York: Carroll & Graf, 2005), p. 241-254, edited and introduced by Don Belton
Hileman, Kristen, “[Review of] The NEA tapes, 2001; produced by Eidia House, directed by Paul Lamarre and Melissa Wolf, distributed by Eidia House, VHS, color, 60 minutes,” Visual resources, v. 20, no. 4 (2004), p. 390-393
Hill, Shawn, “Some of us,” Bay windows (Boston), Mar. 13, 2003 (available online www.baywindows.com) On Mark Robbins and “Households: the way we live now”
Hockney, David. Hockney’s pictures: the definitive retrospective. Pictures selected by Hockney with discussion by Gregory Evans. New York: Bulfinch Press, 2004. 368 pp. ISBN 0821228730 ($45). Also available in German as David Hockney: die Monographie (München: Knesebeck Verlag)
Hoffberg, Judith, “[review of] General Idea: editions 1967-1995 (Mississauga, Canada, Blackwood Gallery, 2003, $30.00, paper),” Umbrella, v. 27, no. 4 (Dec. 2004), p. 96
Holliday, Frank, “Queering the Modern: Gay city news’ critics debate the re-opening of MoMA and the interpretations it suggests,” Gay city news (NYC), Dec. 30, 2004-Jan. 5, 2005, p. 16, 22. Holliday talks with Carrie Moyer, Sheila Pepe, Stephen Mueller, and Andrew Robinson
Indyke, Dottie, “Judy Chicago [at] LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe,” Art news, v. 104, no. 1 (Jan. 2005), p. 135
Janku, Laura Richard, “Felix Gonzalez-Torres [at] Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April 1-May 29,2004,” artUS, issue 4 (Sept./Oct. 2004), p. 16
Janku, Laura Richard, “John Waters [at] Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, November 20, 2003-January 3, 2004,” artUS, issue 2 (Apr.-May 2004), p. 14
Johnson, Dominic, “Jack Smith [at] Laurence O’Hana Gallery, London, UK,” Frieze, issue 86 (Oct. 2004), p. 162
Kotz, Mary Lynn. Rauschenberg, art and life. New ed., rev. and expanded. New York: H.N. Abrams, 2004. 352 pp. ISBN 0-8019-5588-1
Lawrence, James, “Agnes Martin, New York,” The Burlington magazine, v. 146, no. 1219 (Oct. 2004), p. 707-708
Leffingwell, Edward, “Robert Indiana at Paul Kasmin, New York,” Art in America, Nov. 2004, p. 169
Lewis, Candace, “Reversing vandalism: a special librarian’s role as inspiration for a phoenix from hate-crime ashes,” Umbrella, v. 27, no. 4 (Dec. 2004), p. 94-95. Review of show at San Francisco Public Library, organized by Jim Van Buskirk, Director of the Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center, SFPL
Lo, Malinda, “Feast your eyes!” The gay & lesbian review, v. 12, no. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 2005), p. 40-41. Review of The queer movie poster book by Jenni Olson (Chronicle Books)
Lopez, Jonatan, “Metal rules!” Unzipped, #256 (Dec. 2004), p. 18-21. The artist as sex object: interview, with pictures
Makos, Christopher. Exhibitionism. New York: Powerhouse Books, 2004. With photos by Makos and texts by Glenn Albin and Calvin Klein
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Robert Mapplethorpe and the classical tradition. Berlin: Deutsche Guggenheim; distributed by D.A.P., 2004. 230 pp. Exhibition organized by Germano Celant and Arkady Ippolitov
Marler, Regina, “Passions past,” The advocate, #927 (Nov. 23, 2004), p. 95. Review of Life mask by Emma Donoghue
McAdams, Shane, “The Wedding Project, 65 Hope Street Gallery,” The Brooklyn rail, Oct. 2004, p. 19
Meyer, Richard, “Bone of contention: on Lynda Benglis’s controversial advertisement,” Artforum, v. 43, no. 3 (Nov. 2004), p. 73-74, 249-250
Meyer, Richard, “Mind the gap: Americanists, modernists, and the boundaries of twentieth century art,” American art, 18 (fall 2004), p. 2-7
Mullarkey, Maureen, “Joan Snyder,” New York sun, Nov. 18, 2004 (photocopy of 1 page available in gallery; also available at artcritical.com, November 2004, first published in The New York sun, Nov. 18, 2004) Review of “Joan Synder: work on paper, 1970s and recent” at Alexandre Gallery and “Joan Snyder: women make lists” at Betty Cuningham Gallery
Nadelman, Cynthia, “Middle-aged gods and giant babies,” Art news, v. 103, no. 11 (Dec. 2004), p. 116-121. On scale and setting in contemporary sculpture, with Patricia Cronin’s “Memorial to a marriage” as one example
Nash, Elizabeth, “Letters paint new picture of Goya as a gay man,” The independent (London), Nov. 2, 2004 (available online) A book published in Madrid claims Goya had a “homoerotic relationship with his friend Martin Zapater”
Nero, Charles I., “Diva traffic and male bonding in film: teaching opera, learning gender, race and nation,” Camera obscura, 56 (2004), p. 46-73
Nes, Adi. Adi Nes. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2004. 61 pp. Text in English and Hebrew ISBN 965-7161-08-8 ($12 at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York) Catalog of two shows: “Adi Nes photographs: the Leon Constantiner Photography Award for an Israeli Artist, 2003” in Tel Aviv and “Between promise and possibility: the photographs of Adi Nes” in San Francisco
“Now see this,” Poz, Dec. 2004, p. 32-38. Works by Bryan Hoffman, Joe De Hoyos, Rebecca Guberman-Bloom, and Sunil Gupta to mark Day With(out) Art
Padgett, Ron. Joe: a memoir of Joe Brainard. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2004. 357 pp. ISBN 1-56689-159-0 ($17.00)
Paoletti, Len, “The haphazard collector: Len Paoletti and his art, part 2,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 14 (autumn 2004), p. 15-19
Pepe, Sheila, “A feminist reminder: Mitchell Algus looks at the woman-positive sexuality pioneered in the 60s,” Gay city news (NYC), May 27-June 2, 2004, p. 20
Petry, Michael. Hidden histories: 20th century male same sex lovers in the visual arts. London: ArtMedia Press, 2004. 144 pp. ISBN 1-902889-10-X ($35) This book was listed in the last issue but I hadn’t seen it yet. It is worth noting again for the artist biographies on p. 68-138, about half of the book.
Pierre et Gilles: le grand amour. Texts by Jean-Jacques Aillagon, Frédéric Blanc, Eric Troncy. Paris: Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, 2004. 120 pp. ISBN 2-912303-18-4 (50 euros) Text in French and English
Ratner, Lizzy, “The sweetheart of S. and M.,” New York observer, Nov. 3, 2004 (available online at www.newyorkobserver.com) On the photographs of Barbara Nitke
Reed, Christopher. Bloomsbury rooms: modernism, subculture, and domesticity. New Haven: Yale University Press for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, 2004. 314 pp. ISBN 0-300-10248-8 (cloth)
Robbins, Mark, “The writer” (cover illustration), Society of Fellows news (American Academy in Rome), fall 2004
Robinson, Gerard, “Art enraged,” New York blade, Nov. 5, 2004, p. 35. On the exhibition of works by David Wojnarowicz at P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York
Robinson, Gerard, “Before Tom of Finland: Blade,” New York blade, Nov. 19, 2004, p. 15. “Leslie-Lohman gives a gay erotic pioneer artist his own major retrospective”
Robinson, Gerard, “Erotica, romance ... gay art,” New York blade, Oct. 8, 2004, p. 13. On Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation
Rosen, Rob Hugh, “Aura of innocence: physique photography of the 1950s and ’60s in the LLGAF permanent collection,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 14 (autumn 2004), p. 9-10
Rosenblum, Robert. Introducing Gilbert & George. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2004. 176 pp. ISBN 0-500-28485-7
St. John, Stevie, “Affirming images: photographer Richard Renaldi finds inspiration in stories of long-term survival,” A & u, issue 121 (Nov. 2004), p. 20-21, 36. Renaldi is working on series on transgendered people
Sameshima, Dean, “Flash photo,” Attitude, no. 127 (Nov. 2004), p. 28. Short interview and 4 illustrations
Schuyler, James. Just the thing: selected letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991. New York: Turtle Point Press, 2004. 470 pp. ISBN 1-885586302
Shonibare, Yinka. Yinka Shonibare: be-muse. Edited by Elena di Majo and Cristiana Perrella. Roma: Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna e contemporanea; Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen, 2001/2. 110 pp. ISBN 88-422-1100-1 Text in Italian and English, including essay on Andersen and Henry James; catalog of an exhibition at the Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen
Smith, Catherine, and Cynthia Greig, “Women in tuxedos,” 2wice, v. 7, no. 2 (2004), p. 34-39
Smith, Roberta, “Isaac Julien ‘Paradise Omeros’ [at] Bohen Foundation, 415 West 13th Street, West Village, through Aug. 1,” New York times, July 11, 2003, p. E31
Smith, Roberta, “Words and images melded by obsessive energy,” New York times, Dec. 23, 2004, p. E7. Review of the show at David Zwirner Gallery, New York
Snyder, Joan. Joan Snyder: work on paper, 1970s and recent. Essay by Jenni Sorkin. New York: Alexandre Gallery, 2004. 42 pp. Exhibition catalog
Solomon, Andrew, “Dandyism,” 2wice, v. 7, no. 2 (2004), p. 20-31
Solomon-Godeau, Abigail, “On ghost writing: The Fae Richards archive,” artUS, issue 1 (Jan.-Feb. 2004), p. 25-33. Fae Richards is a fictitious black actress and the archive is a fan’s photo-archive of her life, addressing issues of race, gender and sexual ambiguity
Sorkin, Jenni, “The geography of the surface,” essay on the occasion of the exhibition of works on paper by Joan Snyder at Alexandre Gallery, available online at www.alexandregallery.com
Spiegler, Marc, “Singing the body electric,” Art news, v. 103, no. 10 (Nov. 2004), p. 128-129. Tobias Bernstrup and his edgy videos and gender-bending performances
Spiher, David, “The camera never lies,” Gay city news (NYC), Sept. 23-29, 2004, p. 21. On Robert Flynt “Induction” at ClampArt, New York
Stone, Martha E., “Some of the sights,” The gay & lexbian review, v. 11, no. 6 (Nov.-Dec. 2004), p. 45-46. Review of The queer encyclopedia of the visual arts (Cleis Press)
Stretch, Bonnie Barrett, “Everything you ever wanted to know about Rauschenberg,” Art news, v. 104, no. 1 (Jan. 2005), p. 94. Review of Rauschenberg: art and life by Mary Lynn Kotz (Abrams)
Strong, Lester, “Vienna calling: photographer Matthias Herrmann comments on self-image and going public with one’s HIV status,” A & u, issue 117 (July 2004), p. 20-22
Summerhayes, Catherine, “Haunting secrets: Tracey Moffatt’s beDevil,” Film quarterly, v. 58, no. 1 (fall 2004), p. 14-24
Syme, Alison Mairi, “Love among the ruins: David Cannon Dashiell’s Queer mysteries,” Art journal, v. 63, no. 4 (winter 2004), p. 80-95
Tallmer, Jerry, “Mining ’80s East Village art,” Gay city news (NYC), Dec. 9-15, 2004, p. 1, 34. On the exhibition at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Taylor, Melanie, “’Peter (a young English girl)’: visualizing transgender masculinities,” Camera obscura, 56 (2004), p. 1-45. Romaine Brooks and Loren Cameron
Turnbaugh, Douglas, “Read Reed’s book,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 14 (autumn 2004), p. 12. Review of Bloomsbury rooms: modernism, subculture, and domesticity by Christopher Reed (Yale University Press, 2004)
Varner, Greg, “John Waters: the finger on the pulse,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 12, no. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 2005), p. 38-39
Waugh, Thomas, with Willie Walker. Lust unearthed: vintage gay graphics from the DuBek collection. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004. 316 pp. ISBN 1-55152-165-2 ($23.95)
Wilde, Michael, “La belle LaBruce,” The advocate, #927 (Nov. 23, 2004), p. 78. On the DVD release of “The raspberry Reich” and “Sugar”
Zimmermann, Mark, “Ross Bleckner [at] Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, October 25-December 20, 2003,” artUS, issue 2 (Apr.-May 2004), p. 25
Zipter, Yvonne, “Men ‘preserve’ houses, culture,” Philadelphia gay news, Oct. 8-14, 2004, p. 34, 35, 37. Review of A passion to preserve: gay men as keepers of culture by Will Fellows (University of Wisconsin Press)
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