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The Llie-Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art’s latt exhibn, Cut-Ups: Queer Collage Practic divulg some spectacular exampl of queer llage om s past — so spectacular that they threaten to outshe the ntemporary works on view. The fabric doubl over self and grows to somethg larger that transcends the hackneyed homoerotic imagery found pornography. Ultimately, this is what signals the te power of gay llage — not s abily to nstct new worlds for inty and fetish to fter, but to nstct te fantasi.
Cut-Ups: Queer Collage Practic ntu at the Llie-Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art (26 Wooster St, Soho, Manhattan) through December 18.
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