Outlaw Representation : Censorship and Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century American Art (Ideologies of Desire)
Автор:Richard Meyer Год: 2004 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 376 ISBN: 0807079359 Book DescriptionFrom the U.S. Navy's confiscation in 1934 of a painting of sailors on shore leave to the ongoing culture wars over federal funding to the arts, conflicts surrounding homosexuality and creative freedom have shaped the history of modern artin America. Richard Meyer's "Outlaw Representation" illuminates this history through its careful analysis of the works of homosexual artists and the circumstances under which these works have been attacked, suppressed, or censored outright. This study demonstrates how artists from Paul Cadmus in the 1930s to Holly Hughes in the 1990s responded to the threat of censorship by producing their own "outlaw representations" of homosexuality. Instead of acquiescing to attacks on their work as indecent or obscene, these artists used the outlaw status of homosexuality to propose new forms of social, sexual, and creative life. This book includes 194 illustrations ranging from the artworks of celebrated figures such as Andy Warhol and Robert...
