Queer /
Queer /
edited by David J. Getsy.
- London : Whitechapel Gallery, 2016.
- 240 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Documents of contemporary art .
- Documents of contemporary art. .
Historically 'queer' was the slur used against those who were perceived to be or made to feel abnormal. Beginning in the 1980s, this negative speech act was reappropriated and embraced as a badge of honour. While queer draws its politics and affective force from the history of non-normative, gay, lesbian, bisexual communities, it is not equivalent to these categories, nor is it an identity. Artists who identify their practices as queer today call forth utopian and dystopian alternatives to the ordinary, adopt outlaw stances, embrace criminality and opacity, and forge unprecedented kinships and relationships. This is the first anthology to bring together artist's writings and conversations about queer practice, describing and examining ways in which they have used the concept of queer as a site of political and institutional critique.
9780854882427 (pbk.) : £16.95
Homosexuality and the arts.
Homosexuality and art.
Homosexuality in art.
Artists' writings.
Art and Design.
NX180.H6 / Q44 2016
306.766 QUE
Historically 'queer' was the slur used against those who were perceived to be or made to feel abnormal. Beginning in the 1980s, this negative speech act was reappropriated and embraced as a badge of honour. While queer draws its politics and affective force from the history of non-normative, gay, lesbian, bisexual communities, it is not equivalent to these categories, nor is it an identity. Artists who identify their practices as queer today call forth utopian and dystopian alternatives to the ordinary, adopt outlaw stances, embrace criminality and opacity, and forge unprecedented kinships and relationships. This is the first anthology to bring together artist's writings and conversations about queer practice, describing and examining ways in which they have used the concept of queer as a site of political and institutional critique.
9780854882427 (pbk.) : £16.95
Homosexuality and the arts.
Homosexuality and art.
Homosexuality in art.
Artists' writings.
Art and Design.
NX180.H6 / Q44 2016
306.766 QUE