BOOK REVIEW:
Amore by Rinaldo Hopf. Art direction & co-editing, Sven Barletta. Tübingen: Konkursbuch Verlag Claudia Gehrke, 2006. 109 p. ISBN 3-88769-354-X ISBN-13 978-3-88769-354-1
Frank peers at us from the front cover of Amore with a twinkle in his eyes and an earring in his ear. His bent right leg frames the left side of the picture with his hand holding it up. The camera loves him. It turns out that Frank is photographer Rinaldo Hopf’s 11-year partner. Most of the photos in the book have Frank as the subject, many outside. The cover picture is dated 1995 and in the full reproduction inside, we find that Frank’s privates are spilling out of his cutout jeans. The twinkle is still in his eye and the title is “Join me!”
The photos date from 1995 to 2006 and show Frank over the dozen years as he matures. He reveals his body and his personality comes along. One can feel the love of the book’s title.
The book is introduced by essays in German and English by Matthias Herrmann and Mario Wirz. Each describes how the photographs show Hopf’s desire and love. Both are palpable.
The book is well produced, in hard covers; most of the illustrations are in color.
www.rinaldohopf.com
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Beemyn, G. B., and James H. Sanders, “Queer visualities: trans issues introduction to the photographs of Mariette Pathy Allen,” International journal of gay and lesbian issues in education, v. 3, no. 1 (2005), p. 95-105
Bianchi, Tom, “Am I permitted to talk about me?” The gay & lesbian review, v. 14, no. 2 (Mar.-Apr. 2007), p. 31-32
Brainard, Joe. Joe Brainard: the erotic work. New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 2007. Copublication with Z Press 32 p. ISBN 1-891123-75-0
Bryant, Eric, “Robert Gober [at] Matthew Marks,” Art news, v. 106, no. 4 (Apr. 2007), p. 126
Buckley, Annie, “Between earth and sky: Annie Buckley pieces together the visual language of David King,” A & u, issue 145 (Nov. 2006), p. 20-23
Burke, Jill, “Sex and spirituality in 1500s Rome: Sebastiano del Piombo’s Martyrdom of Saint Agatha,” Art bulletin, v. 88, no. 3 (Sept. 2006), p. 482-496. Trying to fix the homosexuality of the recipient (Cardinal Ercole Ra ngone) by a painting with a sexy naked lady
Castillo, Héctor Antón, “Adonis Flores: farce de guerre au cœur de la chose publique,” Parachute, no. 125 (Jan.-Mar. 2007), p. 136-143
Clarke, Jay, “Dirty mind,” Attitude, no. 152 (2006), p. 22-23. Photo by Slava Mogutin with words by Jay Clarke
Colman, David, “Leather, yes; kinky, not so much,” New York times, Feb. 11, 2007, p. ST 10. On Gert Jonkers and his favorite Hermès accessory
Cotter, Holland, “The art of feminism as it first took shape,” New York times, Mar. 9, 2007, p. E29, 33. On the “Wack!” show at the Geffen Contemporary, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Cotter, Holland, “To explore race, sometimes you focus on the explorer,” New York times, Feb. 3, 2007, p. B7, B11. On Joe Ovelman show at Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York
Curuby, John, “Robert Bliss--part 3,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 22 (winter 2007), p. 22-23
Duncan, Michael, “The faces of work,” Art in America, Dec. 2005, p. 124-127. On John Sonsini and his paintings of Latino day laborers
Ebony, David, “Hartley’s Nova Scotia tragedy on screen,” Art in America, Feb. 2007, p. 29. On “Cleophas and his own,” a film interpretation by Michael Maglaras of Marsden Hartley’s epic autobiographical verse
Edwards, Jason. Albert Gilbert’s aestheticism: Gilbert amongst Whistler, Wilde, Leighton, Pater and Burne-Jones. Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2006. 275 p. ISBN 0754608611
Edwards, Jennifer, a.k.a. Jen/Ed, “Jenn Dewald,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 22 (winter 2007), p. 15-16
Eigo, Jim, “Flesh and flair: the Queer Men’s Erotic Art Workshop presents ‘Boy bordello’,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 22 (winter 2007), p. 20-21
Ferrari, Roberto C. Pierce. New York: Southern Tier Editions, Harrington Park Press, 2007. 369 p. ISBN 1-56023-657-4 (pbk)
Galloway, David, “‘The eighth square’ [at] Museum Ludwig, Cologne,” Art news, v. 106, no. 3 (Mar. 2007), p. 157
Garrard, Mary D., “Alice Neel and me: portraits, issues and insights,” Woman’s art journal, v. 27, no. 2 (fall/winter 2006), p. 3-7
Gefter, Philip, “The man who made Mapplethorpe: a film trains a lens on the photography collector Sam Wagstaff,” New York times, Apr. 24, 2007, p. E1, E7
Giovanis, Photios, “Michael Petry’s milky ways @ Sundaram Tagore Gallery,” NY arts, v. 9, no. 5/6
Handwerker, Margo, “Michael Petry: the treasure of memory [at] Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston,” Art lies, #51 (summer 2006), p. 113
Hays, Matthew, “Kenneth Anger, director: ‘Fireworks’ at sixty,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 14, no. 2 (Mar.-Apr. 2007), p. 46-47. Short essay and interview with Anger
Heyman, Daniel. Daniel Heyman: the Abu Ghraib project. Philadelphia: Print Center, 2007. 8 p. Exhibition brochure
Horowitz, Jonathan, “In view: Felix Gonzalez-Torres edited by Julie Ault, Steidl Design, $85.00,” Modern painters, Feb. 2007, p. 103-104
Jarrett, David, “John LeGrand, Hell’s Kitchen artist 1916-2005,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 22 (winter 2007), p. 17-19
Kalm, James, “Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Placemats & potholders (memory & desire) [at] Pavel Zoubok, November 16-December 16, 2006,” The Brooklyn rail, Feb. 2007, p. 42
Katan, Tania. My one-night stand with cancer. New York: Alyson Books, 2005. 275 p. ISBN 1-55583-890-1 See also report on “Love/Sick” panel in letter from the Co-chairs on page 1 of this issue
Kiley-Zufelt, Jim, “Art and the modern leather bear,” Philadelphia gay news, Apr. 20-26, 2007. p. 42, 52. On the 2nd annual collaborative “Bear art” exhibition at Bike Stop, Philadelphia
Kim, Jongwoo. Royal academicians and the crisis of masculinity in modern England. PhD thesis, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 2007
Kimmelman, Michael, “Brimming from a ray of light, the glare of elusiveness,” New York times, Feb. 10, 2007, p. B11. On Terence Koh installation at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Konrad, Karim. Berlin gay mates. Frankfurt/Main: Goliath, 2006. 367 p. ISBN 3-936709-23-8 $39.95 Photo book, with introduction by Reed Massengill
Labonte, Richard, “[review of] Gay art: a historic collection, edited by Felix Lance Falkon, with Thomas Waugh, Arsenal Pulp Press, 256 pages, $24.95 paper,” Out in Jersey, v. 12, no. 2 (Feb.-Mar. 2007), p. 22
Langer, Cassandra, “Portraits of an artist after his demise,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 14, no. 3 (May-June 2007), p. 38. Review of David Wojnarowicz: a definitive history of five or six years on the Lower East Side (Semiotext(e), 2006)
Lerner, Lawrence, “Modeling briefs for Calvin Cohen: tongue planted firmly in cheek, Glen Hanson, Allan Neuwirth skewer, celebrate Chelsea,” Gay city news (NYC), Feb. 1-7, 2007, p. 28, 30
Lucie-Smith, Edward, “Delmas Howe,” The a rchive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 22 (winter 2007), p. 8-10
Maurice, Karey, “My mentor Keith Haring: a personal recollection,” Out in Jersey, v. 12, no. 2 (Feb.-Mar. 2007), p. 47
Momin, Shamim M., and Beatrix Ruf. Terence Koh. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art; New Haven: distrib. by Yale University Press, 2007. 80 p. ISBN 9780300123968 (pbk) Published in collaboration with Kunsthalle Zürich
Montua, Gabriel, “Artist spotlight: Esben Olesen,” Mimosa extra, 1/07, p. 20-22. Olesen talks about inherent homoeroticism of male artist showing himself naked
Mueller, Stephen, “Lesbian cubism: expanding the gene pool of painting,” Gay city news (NYC), Jan. 18-24, 2007, p. 25. On the Carrie Moyer show at CANADA, New York
Murray, Christopher, “Sordid gold: Nicholas Weist, young editor in search of the zeitgeist, champions new gay art,” Gay city news (NYC), Feb. 1-7, 2007, p. 16. Weist is managing editor at PowerHouse Books, Brooklyn
Nichols, Matthew Guy, “Ligon’s color theory,” Art in America, Mar. 2007, p. 154-159, 189
Northcross, Wayne, “Blinding charity: Terence Koh’s radiant gothic spookiness,” Gay city news (NYC), Mar. 8-14, 2007, p. 49. On the show at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Paulk, Ann Bronwyn, “Eakins: revealed and revenged,” Art in America, Feb. 2007, p. 37, 39. Review of Eakins revealed by Henry Adams (Oxford U.P., 2005) and The revenge of Thomas Eakins by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick (Yale U.P., 2006)
Pfeiffer, Walter, “Duo: Ricardo and Jonathan photographed by Walter Pfeiffer in Berlin,” Butt magazine, no. 19 (spring 2007), p. 8-15
Picture, Bill, “The age of the Cunt coloring book: the dawn of feminist art “wacks” MOCA,” Frontiers (Los Angeles), v. 25, issue 23 (Mar. 27, 2007), p. 101, 103. On the “Wack!” show at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Polchin, James R., “Drag kings in Paris,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 14, no. 3 (May-June 2007), p. 36-37. Review of Don’t kiss me: the art of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore (Aperture, 2006)
Potvin, John, “Only gossip!” Art history, v. 29, no. 5 (Nov. 2006), p. 942-945. Review of Between you and me by Gavin Butt (Duke U.P., 2005)
Reilly, Maura, and Linda Nochlin, eds. Global feminisms: new directions in contemporary art. London; New York: Merrell; Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, 2007. 304 p. ISBN 1858943906 (cloth) ISBN 087273157X (pbk)
Richards, Robert W., “Off the wall: legendary artist Robert W. Richards brushes up on Chelsea boys in an interview with Glen Hanson and Allan Neuwirth,” Next, v. 14.30 (Jan. 26, 2007), p. 10-13
Risemberg, Rafael, “Beaus and eros: glam photo pioneer James Bidgood revis ited,” New York blade, v. 11, issue 6 (Feb. 9, 2007), p. 14, 18. On the show at ClampArt, New York
Risemberg, Rafael, “Documented workers: John Sonsini paints Latino day laborers,” New York blade, v. 11, no. 5 (Feb. 2, 2007), p. 16, 19. On the show at Cheim & Read, New York
Risemberg, Rafael, “Faaab-ric!: two gay male artists approach fabric-based works,” New York blade, v. 11, issue 12 (Mar. 23, 2007), p. 14,18. On James Gobel exhibition at Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York and Christopher Tanner exhibition at Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
Risemberg, Rafael, “Fall from grace; artist Adi Nes re-imagines biblical figures as destitute,” New York blade, v. 11, no. 3 (Jan. 19, 2007), p. 14. On the show at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Risemberg, Rafael, “Flags of our lovers: artist Michael Petry on gays in the military,” New York blade, v. 11, no. 4 (Jan. 26, 2007), p. 15. On the show at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York
Risemberg, Rafael, “A gay passion: Delmas Howe’s devotion to the Christopher Street piers,” New York blade, v. 11, issue 14 (Apr. 6, 2007), p. 16. On the exhibition of his “Stations” at Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York
Risemberg, Rafael, “Open the floodgates: photographer David LaChapelle charts a new course,” New York blade, v. 11, issue 16 (Apr. 20, 2007), p. 18. On the exhibition at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Risemberg, Rafael, “Paradise found: Milton Rosa-Ortiz’s exquisite garden of Eden hanging sculpures,” New York blade, v. 11, issue 9 (Mar. 2, 2007), p. 17. On the exhibition at Magnan Projects, New York
Risemberg, Rafael, “Side shows: hidden gay treasures in tiny gallery spaces,” New York blade, v. 11, no. 18 (May 4, 2007), p. 14. 18
Riva, J. David, ed. A woman at war: Marlene Dietrich remembered. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2006. 175 p. ISBN 0814332498 (cloth)
Robinson, Andrew C., “Post-gender pandrogyny: transgressive bodies and the ascendancy of otherness,” Gay city news (NYC), Jan. 18-24, 2007, p. 26. On the “Womanizer” show at Deitch Projects, New York
Russo, Paul, “Featured artist: Paul Russo,” Out in Jersey, v. 12, no. 2 (Feb.-Mar. 2007), p. 24
Saltz, Jerry, “You light up my life,” Artnet.com, Mar. 19, 2007. www.artnet.com Review of Terence Koh show at the Whitney and Christian Jankowski show at Maccarone, New York
Sanders, James H., “Discourses of social dis-ease: visual cultural studies as prophylactic/praxis as rough trade,” in Culture and the condom, Karen Anijar & Thuy DaoJensen, eds. (New York: Peter Lang, 2005), p. 59-76
Sanders, James H., “Breathing curiously: queering the curriculum body,” in Curriculum and the cultural body, edited by Stephanie Springgay and Debra Freedman (New York: Peter Lang, 2007), p. 217-234
Sanders, James H., “Nick Cave: soundsuit serenade,” International journal of gay and lesbian issues in education, v. 4, no. 1 (2007)
Scalise, Daniele, “Marco Silombria: portrait of a gay artist,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 22 (winter 2007), p. 11-12
Schorr, Collier, “There I was ... portfolio by Collier Schorr,” Artforum, v. 45, no. 6 (Feb. 2007), p. 268-276, with “Tim Griffin on Collier Schorr” (p. 277)
Schulz, Christopher. Pinups, issue 1 (spring 2007), featuring Elliott. 28 p. $20 at Printed Matter, New York
Schwendener, Martha, “Nan Goldin [at] Matthew Marks, 523 West 24th Street, Chelsea, through April 14,” New York times, Mar. 23, 2007, p. E32
Sheehy, Colleen J., ed. Cabinet of curiosities: Mark Dion and the university as installation. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, in cooperation with the Weisman Art Museum, 2006. 107 p. ISBN 0-8166-4470-5 (pbk). Dion taught a course in which he and the students selected and exhibited items from various University of Minnesota collections, including the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies
Sigler, Jeremy, “John Sonsini [at] Cheim & Read, January 10-February 10, 2007,” The Brooklyn rail, Feb. 2007, p. 43-44
Smith, Allison. The muster: a project of the Public Art Fund, Governors Island, New York, Saturday, May th 14th, 2005. New York: Public Art Fund, 2007; distrib. by D.A.P. 127 p. ISBN 0-9608488-4-3 $15.95 at Printed Matter, New York
Smith, Roberta, “Carrie Moyer: the stone age, new paintings [at] Canada, 55 Chrystie Street, near Hester Street, Lower East Side, through Feb. 11,” New York times, Feb. 2, 2007, p. E35
Smith, Roberta, “They are artists who are women; hear them roar,” New York times, Mar. 23, 2007, p. E27, E35. On the “Global feminisms” show at the Brooklyn Museum and the opening of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum
Soans, Hanno, and Elo-Liis Parmas, “Raidpere’s self-image,” Estonian art, no. 2/97 (1997) available online at www.einst.ee/Ea/2/TEXT/raidp.htm
Sokol, David, “Not your average LGBT center,” The ad Ùvocate, #984 (Apr. 24, 2007), p. 15. On the new center in Chicago, designed by Chicago office of Gensler
Sonsini, John. John Sonsini. Essay by Jeffrey D. Grove. New York: Cheim & Read, 2007. 48 p., 15 col. plates
Sonsini, John. John Sonsini: new paintings. New York: Anthony Grant, 2005. 44 p. Exhibition catalog
Stange, Raimar, “Neighbors: Forest and fields, volume 1 [by] Collier Schorr, Steidl Mack, $45.00,” Modern painters, Feb. 2007, p. 105
Stone, Martha E., “The keeper of Eakins’ flame,” The gay & lesbian review, v. 14, no. 2 (Mar.-Apr. 2007), p. 38. Review of Portrait: the life of Thomas Eakins by William S. McFeely (Norton)
Strong, Lester, “Coloring the world queer: Delmas Howe’s Stations: a gay passion,” The archive: the journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 22 (winter 2007), p. 4-7
Tellini, Ute L., “[review of] Reclaiming female agency: feminist art history after postmodernism edited by Norma Broude and Mary D. Garrard, University of California, 2005,” Woman’s art journal, v. 27, no. 2 (fall/winter 2006), p. 33-37
Tillmans, Wolfgang. Wolfgang Tillmans: manual. Köln: König, 2007. 430 p. ISBN 9783865601322 ISBN 3865601324 Catalog of the exhibition at the Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover
Travis, Bill. Along the Appian Way. Photos by Bill Travis, edited by Stefano Abbadessa Mercanti and Giammaria Maffi, essays by Brian Paul Clamp and Bill Travis. Rome: AM Studio Roma; Mercanti, 2005. 118 p. ISBN 8895079027
Trebay, Guy, “Gay art: a movement, or at least a moment,” New York times, May 6, 2007, p. ST1-2. On “The male gaze” at PowerHouse Arena in Brooklyn, with discussion of spate of new journals
Turner, Jonathan, “Two conversions and a lost crucifixion,” Art news, v. 106, no. 4 (Apr. 2007), p. 98, 100. “Why did Caravaggio paint two very different versions of the same subject?”
“(Un)becoming queer/(un)becoming LGBTIC,” Journal of social theory in art education, issue 25 (2005), p. 69+ (28 p.) Contributions by Kimberly Cosier, Laurel Lampela, Susan Marie de la Garnica, James Sanders, et al. On changing the name of the Lesbian, Gay, Bixesual and Transgendered Issues Caucus to Queer Caucus (National Art Education Association)
Vettel-Becker, Patricia. Shooting from the hip: photography, masculinity, and postwar America. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005. 199 p. ISBN 08166430146 (hc) ISBN 0816643024 (pb)
Vezzoli, Francesco, “Francesco Vezzoli pretty private Italian artist gives strikingly honest interview about sex,” Butt magazine, no. 19 (s fpring 2007), p. 50-57. Interview by Adam Baran, portraits by Marcelo Krasilcic
Wack!” art and the feminist revolution. Organized by Cornelia Butler; essays by Butler, Jenni Sorkin, and others; edited by Lisa Gabrielle Mark. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2007. 511 p. ISBN 0914357999 ISBN 9780914357995
Wei, Lilly, “Terence Koh [at] Whitney Museum of American Art, through May 27, and Deitch Projects,” Art news, v. 106, no. 4 (Apr. 2007), p. 130
Weinstein, Joel, “Anthony Goicolea [at] Museo de Arte, Puerto Rico,” Flash art, v. 40, no. 252 (Jan.-Feb. 2007), p. 126
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.
Nominees for the Lambda Literary Awards in the Arts & Culture category, for items published in 2006, included: Sex objects by Jennifer Doyle (University of Minnesota Press); Gay art by Felix Lance Falkon and Thomas Waugh (Arsenal Pulp Press); and Independent queer cinema by Gary Kramer (Harrington Park Press). Doyle’s book is one of the finalists for the awards which will be presented on May 31st in New York.