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Book Review
Queer St Ives and Other Stories
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 350
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Reviewer:
Feeke, Stephen (Feeke, Stephen)
Subjects
places:
St Ives
subjects:
Queer theory / Homosexuality / British art / Modernism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Queer St Ives and Other Stories By Ian Massey. 256 pp. incl. 25 col. + 21 b. & w. ills. (Ridinghouse, London, 2022), £30. ISBN 978–1–909932–69–2. | :
Book Review
Art and Masculinity in Post-War Britain: Reconstructing Home
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 772-773
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Reviewer:
Ram, Rosie (Ram, Rosie)
Subjects
artists:
Bratby, John Randall / Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992 / Vaughan, Keith / Souza, F. N. / Pasmore, Victor / Gilbert & George
subjects:
British art / Queer theory / Gender studies / masculinities / Domestic (house related concept)
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subjects:
Art and Masculinity in Post-War Britain: Reconstructing Home By Gregory Salter. 224 pp. incl. 29 b. & w. ills. (Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, 2019), £90. ISBN 978–1–350–05272–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Man in Blue IV, by Francis Bacon. 1954. Oil on canvas, 198 by 137 cm. (Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; © Estate of Francis Bacon; DACS / Artimage 2021; photograph Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd).
Article
Horace Walpole’s queer Gothic
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 264-269
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
buildings:
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London, Great Britain / Houghton Hall, nr. Kings Lynn, Great Britain
patrons:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
styles:
Gothic architecture / Gothic Revival
subjects:
British architecture / Queer theory / Homosexuality
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Horace Walpole, by J.G. Eccardt, 1754. Oil on canvas, 39.4 by 31.8 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter, by J.G. Eccardt and John Wootton. c.1754, frame c.1680. Oil on canvas, 50.8 by 101.6 (painting). (Courtesy Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington CT).
Attributed works:
3. Frontispiece to ‘Memoirs of George II’ by Horace Walpole, by Richard Bentley. 1752. Pen, ink and wash on paper. (Courtesy Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington CT).
Attributed works:
4. Miss Prettyman in clover, by ‘Truepenny’. 1785. Etching, 17.3 by 12.5 cm. (New York Public Library).
Attributed works:
5. Illustration for ‘Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College’, by Richard Bentley, from Designs by Mr R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr T. Gray, London 1753. Etching, 37.3 by 27.3 cm. (page). (British Library, London).
Exhibition Review
Andy Warhol
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 792-795
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Reviewer:
Boaden, James (Boaden, James)
Subjects
artists:
Warhol, Andy
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Paintings / Prints / Films (motion pictures)
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain
subjects:
American art / Pop art / Queer theory
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Andy Warhol Tate Modern, London 12th March–15th November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Helen/Harry Morales, from Ladies and Gentlemen, by Andy Warhol. 1975. Acrylic paint and screenprint on canvas, 35.6 by 27.9 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Attributed works:
2. Marilyn diptych, by Andy Warhol. 1962. Acrylic paint on two canvases, each 205.4 by 144.8 cm. (Tate, London).
Attributed works:
3. Sixty Last Suppers, by Andy Warhol. 1986. Acrylic paint and screenprint on canvas, 294.6 by 998.2 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Book Review
Pier Groups: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront. By Jonathan Weinberg
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 269-270
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Reviewer:
Parlett, Jack (Parlett, Jack)
Subjects
artists:
Matta-Clark, Gordon / Acconci, Vito / Seccombe, Shelley / Baltrop, Alvin
places:
New York
subjects:
Queer theory / piers / Homosexuality / Cultural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pier Groups: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront By Jonathan Weinberg. 232 pp. incl. 34 col. + 66 b. & w. ills. (Penn State University Press, University Park PA, 2019),  31.50. ISBN 978–0–271–08217–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. Sunbathing on the edge, Pier 52 (Matta- Clark’s Day’s End), by Shelley Seccombe. c.1977. Photograph. (Courtesy the artist).