As art holds an sential place the LGBT muny, The Advote striv to she a light on the work of gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr artists who are movg the cultural needle wh the artists spotlight sectn. Disver slishows om gay art opengs across the world wh mediums that range om photographs, to oils, to sculpture, and more. Read terviews and profil of ntemporary artists who portray LGBT history, sex, culture, and polics wh their works. Browse through the artist spotlight and other sectns that celebrate gay culture.
Contents:
- 50 CENT COMPAR JAY-Z TO ‘GAY PATER’ BASQUA AFTER JIGGA CALLS EMEM ‘THAT WHE GUY’
- THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE
- BROOKLYN ARTIST LOUIS FRATO IS DEPICTG GAY MALE SEX AND INTIMACY THE MORE CHILL GEN Z ERA OF PREP
50 CENT COMPAR JAY-Z TO ‘GAY PATER’ BASQUA AFTER JIGGA CALLS EMEM ‘THAT WHE GUY’
Bgraphi and analysis of work by Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr+ intified artists, or works associated wh LGBT+ topics. * what is a gay painter *
LGBTQ+ CelebriLists of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and all other kds of celebs workg the entertament dtry and the public long as people have been makg art, LGBTQ+ artists have been patg om their perspective.
THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE
From gay paters like Leonardo da Vci and Andy Warhol to bisexuals like Frida Kahlo and trans artists like Lili Elbe and Jefey Cathere Jon, the rabow of great LGBTQ+ paters stretch around the world. His later work often addrsed polil and societal them—pecially homosexualy and AIDS—through his own inography.
Bgraphi and analysis of work by Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr+ intified artists, or works associated wh LGBT+ topics.
BROOKLYN ARTIST LOUIS FRATO IS DEPICTG GAY MALE SEX AND INTIMACY THE MORE CHILL GEN Z ERA OF PREP
“NORE Your big homie is nng around tryg to look like a gay pater. Mart told ESSENCE that part of how she began drawg was to pe the homophobia her environment.
While we were still reverg om him snatchg our edg at the Brooklyn Mm 2015, Wiley beme the first Black openly gay artist to pat a printial portra wh his regal portrayal of Print Obama 2018. More importantly, Hockney has given an imagery through which we n beg to unrstand the whe gay male experience 1970s Los Angel. Hockney was an artist who fied generally-accepted social stctur and led his life as an openly gay man a world that systematilly opprsed and silenced those who did not nform.
5Quickly, Hockney also sought to rporate allns to his own homosexualy his patgs, spired by the texts of Christopher Isherwood and Alan Rechy, which revelled the explos of their homosexual characters. At the time, homosexualy was illegal England, so Hockney pated self-portras. He was gay and pated himself, effectively creatg gay art, but flyg unr the radar.