{"product_id":"queer-art-from-canvas-to-club-and-the-spaces-between-by-gemma-rolls-bentley","title":"Queer Art: From canvas to club, and the spaces between by Gemma Rolls-Bentley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e'We love and strongly recommend this beautifully curated book. Celebrating the massive and lasting global impact of LGBTQI+ artists, a book like this is long overdue!'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRussell Tovey \u0026amp; Robert Diament, co-hosts of Talk Art podcast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCelebrate the LGBTQI+ community with this vivid collection of artworks that charts queer voices from around the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe twentieth century saw key shifts for the LGBTQI+ community across the western world: from the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eStonewall uprising to the first pride parades and homosexuality law reforms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The years following these milestone moments have seen queer life face new challenges, celebrations, injustices and liberations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs ever, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ethis journey has been closely mapped by art and culture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAndrew Logan, sculptor and founder of the Alternative Miss World party\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeading artists David Hockney, Nicole Eisenmann and Zanele Muholi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLate greats Greer Lankton, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon and Tom of Finland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePioneers of Queer Cinema Derek Jarman and Sir Isaac Julien\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGround-breaking photographers Nan Goldin, Ajamu X, Wolfgang Tilmans and Catherine Opie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContemporary art stars Sin Wai Kin, Zackary Drucker and Clifford Prince King\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith 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. This is a unique celebration of queer life – a must-have for the LGBTQI+ community, art lovers and anyone interested in the culture surrounding queer identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardback \/ 240 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44656976658647,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9780711282674.jpg?v=1710591327","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/queer-art-from-canvas-to-club-and-the-spaces-between-by-gemma-rolls-bentley","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}