Followg the succs of the first issue earlier this year, The Ltle Black Gallery has jt announced the publitn of Volume 2 of s stunng fe art photography magaze dited to queer and gay photography, BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Here The Queer Review previews some of the work clud the magaze. Luiz © Xavier Samre.…
Contents:
- THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE
- GAY FE ART - WORKS PRICED OVER 4000 €
- "GAY"/ FE ART PRTS ▼
- GAY MEN POSTERS AND ART PRTS
THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE
The dashgly charmg -founr of the Llie-Lohman Mm v si his SoHo apartment—an unbelievable monument to gay creativy and art. " data-reactroot=" * gay fine art *
The enigmatic actor, art llector, gay activist, globetrotter, and doyenne of the SoHo scene has, along wh his late partner J.
GAY FE ART - WORKS PRICED OVER 4000 €
* gay fine art *
Together, the pair found the Llie-Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art—the first stutn of s kd—which is down the block, on Wooster, unassumg Llie happened to poke his head out to the hallway to terme the e of the ck; before he uld shut the door, a group om the art magaze I worked for had charged their way through. This somewhat jad crew of crics was ankly awed to fd every available surface the dky, crimson Prce Street loft absolutely vered—let me repeat: vered—wh explicly homoerotic art all styl and media, cludg var se-specific murals. At the start of his and Lohman’s llectg days, more than 60 years ago, “gay imagery was unfortunately the hands of pornographers exclively, ” Llie lamented.
Photo by Max Burkhalter for wi-rangg llectn gently illtrat the changg landspe of public gay life and the civil rights advanc crementally gaed sce he began discreetly buyg homoerotic art the 1950s.
"GAY"/ FE ART PRTS ▼
Gay fe art om around the world - this llectn clus artworks priced over 4000 €: Fe meral rvgs, patgs, sculptur and more by Pan artists * gay fine art *
It is only the last three s that homosexualy has gaed legal protectns the Uned Stat.
GAY MEN POSTERS AND ART PRTS
When the llectn began to take shape, sodomy was outlawed ( still is several stat), and gays uld be refed service at bars and other there were numerable challeng to gog about buildg such a libido, Uranian llectn. Much like homosexualy self, gay art was hidn away—tucked the back rooms of galleri, wh entry granted by s and vert nods passed between figur who had to read the other as part of their circle. Generally, homoerotic works “were ma for iends, ” Llie said, and they’ve only more recently been g to the market.