Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between by Gemma Rolls-Bentley


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Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between
by Gemma Rolls-Bentley and Sir Isaac Julien
Publisher: ‎Frances Lincoln; 1st edition (9 May 2024)
Language: ‎English
Hardcover: ‎240 pages
ISBN-10: ‎0711282676
ISBN-13: ‎978-0711282674
Dimensions: ‎20.14 x 2.16 x 24.64 cm

With nearly 200 artworks selected by leading LGBTQI+ curator Gemma Rolls-Bentley, this book mixes the high-brow with the low, gallery stalwarts with Instagram stars, and the racy with the fabulous.

Queer artists working ‘across all mediums – from painting, performance, digital and beyond – have captured key moments, from the HIV/AIDS crisis and the rise of drag, to marriage equality and the fight for trans liberation. The artists include:

  • Andrew Logan, sculptor and founder of the Alternative Miss World party
  • Leading artists David Hockney, Nicole Eisenmann and Zanele Muholi
  • Late greats Greer Lankton, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon and Tom of Finland
  • Pioneers of Queer Cinema Derek Jarman and Sir Isaac Julien
  • Ground-breaking photographers Nan Goldin, Ajamu X, Wolfgang Tilmans and Catherine Opie
  • Contemporary art stars Sin Wai Kin, Zackary Drucker and Clifford Prince King