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Queer Art (Art Essentials)

by Mollie E. Barnes

A broad view of queer visual culture

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A broad view of queer visual culture

Mollie E. Barnes’s survey places modern and contemporary LGBTQ+ art in a historical and global frame, bringing together practitioners across generations. Its thematic chapters range from selfhood and love to history and futurism, while the opening discussion considers how resilience has shaped artistic expression. The book also challenges narrow definitions of queer art, attending to the complexity of lived experience beyond overt homoerotic imagery or publicly established identity. The supplied description names artists including Keith Haring, Bhupen Khakhar and Lotte Laserstein, suggesting a collection that connects varied practices through shared questions of queer visual culture.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers seeking an introduction to LGBTQ+ art across modern and contemporary periods.
  • Art enthusiasts interested in thematic approaches to identity, history, love and futurism.
  • Readers exploring queer visual culture through artists from different generations and regions.

Themes

Queer visual cultureIdentity and selfhoodResilienceLove and historyFuturism

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Book overview

Queer Art is a definitive compendium of LGBTQ+ artwork, highlighting the expansion and endurance of queer aesthetics within modern and contemporary art. Intergenerational and globally represented, its thoughtfully curated selection of practitioners paints a rich picture of queer visual culture, underscoring the complexity of lived experience, and cutting through basic understandings of the subject that locate "queerness" in overt homoeroticism and proven identity.

Queer art curators Mollie E. Barnes and Gemma Rolls--Bentley begin by exploring how resilience has shaped artistic expression, establishing the historical backdrop against which queer art has evolved. From selfhood to love, history to futurism, thematic chapters unpack the key concerns of queer art as they relate to the work of artists such as Keith Haring, Bhupen Khakhar, Lotte Laserstein, H

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