Bgraphi and analysis of work by Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr+ intified artists, or works associated wh LGBT+ topics.
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THE GAYT IMAG OM MICHELANGELO'S MOST FAMO PATG
"Queer Art" beme a powerful polil and celebratory term to scribe the art and experience of gay, lbian+ people. * homosexual painting *
The scholar Richard Meyer wrote Outlaw Reprentatn (2002) that the blond-haired civilian Cadm’s patg fs the characteristics of the gay male “fairy” or “pansy” archetype om the 1930s—a gay man wh feme characteristics and specific queer signifiers. In Cadm’s patg, the effemate blond marks a ntrast wh the mascule servicemen, who wouldn’t have been nsired homosexual the 1930s even if they held same-sex sir.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard, Tim Square, and var wateronts such as Riversi Park and the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (the likely settg of this patg) were well-known pick-up spots for gay men the 1920s and ’30s. The accsibily of public parks ma them sential entryways for men seekg pannship, and servicemen who cised the spots were enmhed val social circl for gay men.
Art historian Jonathan Weberg not Speakg for Vice (1993) that the general public may not have picked up on the d homosexual inography or history of The Fleet’s In!.
* homosexual painting *
Although Cadm was the subject of much art historil lerature the 1930s, the rise of Abstract Exprsnism and the artist’s known homosexualy ntributed to a steady cle scholarship; Cadm was part of a generatn of Amerin figurative artists who fell to relative obscury. At the 2019 exhibn Camp: Not on Fashn, where was placed alongsi Jean Pl Gltier’s dis sailor su riffg on the trope of gay or sexualized sailors tablished by artists like Cadm, Charl Demuth, and Tom of Fland. Summary of Queer ArtAny art that n be nsired "queer" refers to the re-appropriatn of the term the 1980s, when was snatched back om the homophob and opprsors to bee a powerful polil and celebratory term to scribe the experience of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex people.
Sce the late 19th century, cultural and legal rpons to homosexualy have evolved, but was only the send half of the 20th century that many of the laws crimalizg homosexual acts were overturned. It wasn't until the late 20th century that homosexualy was no longer nsired a pathology by psychiatrists, and wasn't until the 21st century that marriage rights were granted to same-sex upl. Key Ias & Acplishments Bee of the early crimalizatn of homosexual acts and the social stigma nnected to homosexualy, much Queer Art employs d visual language that would not aroe spicn among the general public but would allow those faiar wh the trop of the subculture to glean the hidn the rise of activism the wake of the Civil Rights protts and the AIDS epimic, Queer Art beme more ank and polil s subject matter, forcg the viewers to regnize queer culture and to unrsre the stutnal equi and hypocrisy that fueled Inty Polics surroundg Queer Art has sparked much bate, wh some artists embracg Inty Polics and other chewg as not important for their work.