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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480918003321

Autore

CAMPBELL ANDY

Titolo

Bound together : Leather, sex, archives, and contemporary art

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l.] : , : MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS, , 2019

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020

©2019

ISBN

1-5261-4281-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 volume :) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ;

Collana

Rethinking art's histories

Disciplina

700.453

Soggetti

Leather lifestyle in art

Homosexuality in art

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

What are the archives of gay and lesbian leather histories, and how have contemporary artists mined these archives to create a queer politics of the present? This book sheds light on an area long ignored by traditional art history and LGBTQ studies, examining the legacies of the visual and material cultures of US leather communities. It discusses the work of contemporary artists such as Patrick Staff, Dean Sameshima, Monica Majoli, AK Burns and AL Steiner, and the artist collective Die Kranken, showing how archival histories and contemporary artistic projects might be applied in a broader analysis of LGBTQ culture and norms. Hanky codes, blurry photographs of Tom of Finland drawings, a pin sash weighted down with divergent histories - these become touchstones for writing leather histories.