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17 ae ie Queer Wallpaper Jennifer Doyle “The neat Wath print 0 which Lhe regal ee aces seam his 1978 [See err of sk xcenn The image prot af 4 porograpic photo fea, clon op of aml sex beencen men. Noma ths avery dict Fhe wo gain cent = cet Inge se reempecnes of Warhols pains nl pris hav xt ay cums of thi sere Vr ew Warhol catalogs. ince tas week ~ av rou, ery few people cvs kaow that Wal made tort ike th cae aro it y se "This parce prin ange on he back wall of M2 local gy briny ood in aw Angles, Besse nt of iy nde are quer, and the ae py em, I sees go o ML) am veing cock (gure YP) The prin hangs the wall wth other “py ae” — at by 9 men, ing gay seal ie (fr lese raphy) ~ and with versed poster or jt movie. ht no wal ea epsning what you ar ooking at is TS decoration, as she background Tor erasing, inking, sancing, and ‘Be quer wane: Te finton oft word "goer in writing abou ai hard 0 pin down Tam sr in heft tht 3 Warhol ang ny Toc ga Ga ota ars bt a od ocighborhood gay bar wher pat aes unrecogsied nt of he t's pans) ea quer hing tte we the word soc” derive a ck, we ae cern Something. abou the inpertance of nity tar hut we ae a Sng the work anti or writer at ay” Tha Warhol age x twee nc mt ake fe a; ut this docs neces ae "Wein ine the word ese” fo sgl the things hat can come wih fay an lesan, with cing 2 member of «lesbian ad gay community. Mich an non cra redoole tsa entity. Taking abou que eluent won, mre than hiking about ae By 7 men an "To pe ths ine inary sto ak gues aout where an hoe FoORE 17.1 Andy Wat, St Fay, 197%. ©2008 Andy Wit Found il tha ar happens about wh that at address, how tha arti vile no ons and ins in thes, about wht kino things at maken pe i lo to look sively a arin general ~ atthe sonal Fol ofa ong haa can tell us abo the word aa ow the nes Sd she eae rare drawn. For me, coumerimuitney whats ques sas tet Wa image or exci what dep, ft wre hangs and wha hs ali Mis Se Pern prin agubly one ofthe more aces “cl Wath Seuthera Cafom’, ruin nether an ena fc nor a inlet Pinae mansion eo act. Dring basins hour anyone ca alk a 2nd check out the Watholon he hack wal as ony nso she alg ali «py be A sight penon who cscs Ms thd but i not used oy ‘ight fd himself wondering °Am I lee here?” taking belong hee." This erage not ety unc th ing ett have about scum. The gran intintns ofa have tayo malig Fel ke ouside. The unease of feling uncle in auch pues coueen wautraren aan os Yow can tke chs onthe tory af a since 194 and peer ar «word Tear san. Yow eae ated moje msm exibon on Andy Whol TASC ta dat he ns py ~ never nd hat homocote ad epic slap animate the etre cage of his asic pracion? In Be, the TEERL Seaning eter coli” dcpinay tesork pebips most tour in hc hatryf ralwning about Warhol, wo as, paral rater Dyers wont the mon moe gy man who cerned” Mandy Nk wrens out ax Wal my have Bet gay 29 [Watba’ ns] My ase, Lancome Cob Bl Jonas a smn 0 the postmode ‘rice fon bcen«aupeingy staiht cet sony nis ste detache Fras of commentary tat oud be construed 2 motel ex.” The iancons of caeaty andar sx ery Fees etelopment nat sto = 28 UAT are hry as queer peopl ar (a, example, ais xs, cal SEE amon, the sae of ssa) sl remain owed the cat Fenalancs the elds Thon writers (sch a orattun Weinberg, Harmony Pramas, Gain But, and Ricard Meyer) who do take up sexsi nthe Pea Caunce caving owt sae eld of scolaship The loganding Peay aire ote subject of ey be ream wy 30 rich oF the Mic cat quce wrung about ar and wal care comes fom ouside Beractptine, Quver scholar ore poled es sacha ln eg Rashard rc permance sie (Se Elen Cave Jos Manor s/c sad BE [Baar Crop, ith Halberstm)s apd tial theory (Toth Ba “Toca de Lee, Michel Foul Eve Kowby Sedgwick) have provoked damn lin how we ural some of the ost sigan ari his peri’ Tor hos of watched to ques jects such Any Wath sition vil on pv th ea tics iy ack Sith Carle Seneca MELE Dump the ene gure subcxs embedded inthe work of Robert ushoabere, Lary River an! Jer Foi or the wpa die of bia Feet es Ie Harmony Hamel = the spec negation of ice seers om ar iors oil on an eae sfecting, wll hough reve nak no te von Bar Qucering Ceticism ‘esting about sesly ana fer 1945 dirs om similar acholahip about Pree et ccc wae ae preci ir many oft mnt aos Fees {hac Ss Worl Dv Hovkoe, sn ten, Harmony Hammond, Caine {Ope nere and reel and ecogniably and ean, Toward he cs of ihe ann the Us and Western Earope gay men and lesbians ome new Teuton poticl movements round seal demy, an! began «= 8 (0 Sir bomaphotia in the US ths mmement wae tno apt by de Fg,» pees el lags by Latins drag cen: espone103 1949 police ride a gay far in New York ty Th ate emetic a ed ase and ance publi’ MeatSing those a gy and ia, int we sce trator ergaszing exibions that explore the Hea of gy a ‘bin deny and wt rans to bea gay ast aswell 2 he story of ‘grees of mero bonds ad ees” The word “gue” MTS rite tem in comeratons abr sexual agains his backdrop ~ i whi tithe onc hand, we ae the proferation of representations of gos comm ihc vance and on 2 range of ont in in, perfomance, ping, ‘otograpy ea) anon the er we newest tera ex Son ard wang by yan lian ait om histo Te the 1980 the AIDS cise dea new lee of urgeny 0 the gine homophoba~and fis ths moment thar we begin 1 5 the ae enltng i aaemic wring, andi 25d fue consemprany Space war epere in he Ine 1980s Fom ts moe very ne en opti il) By gay and lesbian aids worn ee wth {UP AIDS Cinlton to Une Rowers th ling chant, “Were ‘Were Quer, Get Und to" A nue of the iclectls nm Init quer shay ina rica vise ach » Dowels Tha Sion Warcy Ive been ply tvohed with AEDS acts, gnats and ACT UP inl? The particle impact of AIDS 09 ‘SER community, sd on cmtetnporany intel cannot be unde SRC energy ant pola comment that anise nach wig Stuns asd polit in there 1980s and ear 190s Sool be ‘fon in tha conn. ‘Therle of bomopoba in ate and pas i tthe AIDS epee ae the projet an-homophobic bai el a fora, ba aero and death Some f the most na ‘snl anvil efor ouch as Watney 1987 Poli Dare (grup, ATDS and the Mai) are dct rm the esd oie ‘rancpnobi mntcns of pmescttion. Aris, ses and sha ad ‘ches king queso ch set =Hlow do we mourn the loss of peop Ines hae abeay orn ipod raved, stgmaied 2 enero” a {iS cre the oprtance of gy nrgoud sexal ue asc | SSatace ume sct and nowmasgamoss sel paces with dace SSE" on the ints mumcmen hae fred im response 29 dhe i, Laten Besant and Michal Warner we, [AIDS av fc he te waning ques ow the sti AIDS mae haw snore he ea oe Ane ace pc nd priate acy of och BS ming nl dese AIDS ab sowed tar rei ‘ete he Cts of Edge, tinny eng de See se pepe ee ont sway se ety ates i ‘Eno AIDS wp ie ed ob accra he (Shc sents, lng opens a inden esa pene 1n their emphasis on se ellen he AIDS cist pot nls, making tein wring cary the urgency the moron, Beant and Ware gest twa qucer eran’ dele edge fir no nl docs sue ec bing resuay ana dca at coer four atenton somes no expe Sid (and therefore Sqaces") the patie of etna? afen by neti { pemonal or anctot ee ine hay wing ‘In "Geng the Warhol We Deserve,” Dovglr Crimp gare tomar the satonship Detweeh the personal and the pola im guetta wc he ‘on hyn a snd he al Si secre — ot becuse i fees ees. Nt gay entity and hus verve: to eno my own now, tfc i ans the ence a of seul abe ite eatin sane prey iimp teasers one of he penile thes of gus ttc — times ‘oti the ankulton sed prodacson of cont catego of sews aad eer, br inte vey va wap that gue abe heel,» phox 2 Sin,» perfomance) can ut sr rt mand the srg to se eka sje as Inentabe member of "pe," andy atthe time me cilia uction the dcipinary natives hat ave forma ard ce a that hes Teo srs st he canon rec (ich st mk by Ros Recent, Tipe Tos, or Andy Wael} r shar subtly res “anes {sch he fins of Fok Sith he pertrmancen of li punk ba sich Ane 8 or The Butchi, or the permanees of he Los Angels asd ist Ri athe) “To approach the sbjest of sexta and ar fom gucston ete i 10 Inge the subjee/otyct elit that sucrs tack aso sehele shy Ic to push at hsorial wring beyond the etre uf eonoscasip pers eo lace spec emphasis onthe charter othe rani oars and ur bjs phoeogaphs, pani and ls ~ ask is that we gto of or he fo at In pain aero othe scone hat the "queue ees ao nly inthe domain ofthe seu, i how they mae af inthe Ans of relatos beeen pope ant | fonr ve Kenly Sedgwick 1998 cy "Que ind Now” ts speaks wwe become stached 9 cern work a cane they se speak wo speak ut us ~ and becane ty sem parc co yak the nce of ving tet angles to diane cae 1 fr my of wi oe i ity anach ineyt & turd objec bjs high eae pur cus ty shan renal 1 ws same aries We mee fr ht {ote sich ens is ney ali wi ach tea eed {We ft eognized in the sites where meanings don’ “ne up sly with ad (ier im pa came they sor our rages with thse moments whet, ‘edaiek wote sal ition ae speaking with one vic” when "we, Sine cals logy, done, the duu of pe a ema tiie at miei aud one wor sh “a “rao oe hae ‘tus (nich spray most of on) who a ound ving a oa angles wi these momo sects (hie me ae fr example 42, Bac, wrk tla a immigrant, fe) ar oot a aay, Ba a esi ~ quer reali | foots mess puisings aid performance ive us OW rap, ct ‘manus for ning lute werd more en than not onan {hae pls’ anna, Hobere Reid Phar ths wes hat ge ‘vor Smt nena Be the pits ofthe moment, the polis of ation [oles of bombast the plc ofnnovation, apd mos especialy the po Fx Queer ants sare th pico of the treo onnoisearip {hes a itn, ad ive thermore shaped thir patos “levloping a precy inthe galery ste, ut around the culation crane comma. The London-based fy art ano B, fr ‘cribs tr pli coniatnent i he fling words: Yew mck apa he pion of orl onda ne wha i i ‘rg Tseng ny Poy ck you wo Seton 281 the a ‘oven the Syms i [es Be gl te hat pci ‘Gyan se idk out prc lg aa Fd: sem ace hve ot tas fe he sale Somes own nh nt a ie ‘A iy best, questa and se rt ior is animated by ext thi ‘do and cmeienen Imaginative Genealogies: Visualizing Queer Art Aktwough quer ram and shear cosesces sch in the te 19808 1900s sro the itae av, sllectn, aa cea eRe) tan ao san immeatefltonsp to the Wentbae ‘the 1970s and 19RD ~ to, for example, rab ein othe ang and gm iberton, wo the cl is movement — 28 wel 3 Perel sols of thought. This 9 cat oe might iain [enelogis for ques schulip ae ar Civen the imporane of Ew of ic apc of emy (Bk ac and per) 0 go ve might, for err, pound is intellect ior ithe wing abn FEminss of color (sch ab Chere Moraga and Gla Anan) and the {pounding andy Thi rye Cale My Rac (1981, in the ack ct pac of tls pct Ars Lede Mich pete cyt Tah Rares serial wero te nate of gender and sexe ety in Goer Trnte (1990) "is ancaored in fit theory, inthe wens OF Simrne de Beaver (ho fon devtaed "One not bora won” The Sond Ser, he pllsepy of Monique Wis who dsaed i Te Swit ‘Mind ha Lesbnsae ot women) and in the work of psfcoanaljeteee ink Joan Rr (howe 1929 ey “Woman ar Maer” cra to pnshoanaic reading of she sonmrtedn of gender difrence)” One ‘ofthe foundational texte n ee theory, Bere Mn 1985), Eve Sgt Sulicof he dams of emephoba and the sal repunton of atone fens ren, bn ith an rie ofthe iaportnce of want ted {acd tthe os poet ‘Many ofthe tsa intel eae of gy ksi, and queer eit communes hve fetermone ben Mane ~ the poi ras nok ‘nly aoe reimagining tins nd forms onic, bu lo about senering {Terie of capital invent in eter tary. Rorsome of eats not prtundy emis ith quer rr mang the "gucernew” of er ee {acy ine 0th neath wand cenmumer ue ap he err tthe a word Jack Seth no only ed te camp clase ming Crear (1963 sembly quer sul cut’ nie wets fu penned spre nee ain “lndondom " We cn lo okt the DIY (Dore Your?) sober ‘fideo are George Kis who hae made hundreds of ylcorapes about ‘ego made) ge nec fe. Tay Rae atans There Amy Carter (1992-4), Vaginal Das’ ete Lat Jacko (1982- 91), andthe cacti produc LTR (2002-pent)~ “Lesbians 10 the Rocae” as mde fat making at rest the cede chs fo ‘muneum and gir ure ‘Dwid Wojouonict explored the telaohip between corporate greed, mapa and the AIDS cs in ie wings ano are Ue (gar Paid) (1988-9) or expe, memorize ie ae am are who fa he of AIDS) and conser Yee deadly economies oft AIDS cs "™ Utd nt of alge vies of photograph oF Hap’ cope ies oF is es, Tanda fet) undereath yer of txt. Nes the ene sure cance tk 2 one kong pargraph, angle sentence hich tunes ack at fh sence deg an cutage = atthe martes on dln, thi igh cost of Tralhcre, an, more piney a the sag and murder atid of pubic (a and conpoate neues The a wre there'sa in ine ve thi ine ani x cach Teal dapper ory y's eplaced by ten thot Ipoh rages been murder on day bas freight count thers cit Ting yar and wv expected pay tance 4 suppor this pube a Sos rr and we expect wo ued an pole make howe in hs winds muss." Hoje bari beneath this bration and moving in se ence a ing Dn the rane and he smog of Hap ae dol bal ke Tuer 2 tuner ofthe names we moi mo often th ue ae mang (Gn Jack Sith to Ary Warhol othe ean rt, mabe, nd poet Pe Poko Paso) oes made eps and consumer clene a he sit a their mer (asin Wari tercene of Camps up ane and of eee ‘ow ike Mai Moawe). ‘We cn sonst ther contest a Ror fr comtemporary guce at | eter yee we can look atthe work of contemporary an ee how th ‘mpi urate nal ont for thensces, In pat bec $0 mi ‘tthe toy a gay and abn if 4 hry of eso and erase, ade (seat tus History (and even "Act Hier) a x mujer. The pase {re Yetumas Mormun, for example. pfs sees of era ra Stra an omit entero when he photogrprseln [Miign Monroe, ye Mesa att rida Kalo, the we tn Manet 1868 painting Omi ‘The Black Beis arse Yinka Sho npn ins sei of phonogeaphs 2 Vitoran dandy ~ suo \Enipued bobemins in bedroom oF by cid neal a ‘alin lon Av these ates deny wth sn reer te ps, ey ‘that Eletcsh Freeman fa lled “tmp dag.” The tem tempor ples the suction thatthe word sag” has wih com gender Ine and ah "with ll ofthe amotio that he word dag hs eit ‘Sn, delay and the pall of he pase om he preset.” Tempo as ontinses i he "atom ieeiestion wil 4 St of sxe aon ‘Secs our own Btoal moment Freeman develo tr {malt of St (1997), linet Strin’ shot by aoe recreation of 41 fino th sume le aout Shuamith Freon. In 1967, Freon wa snnfent atte Art Insitute of Chica, but tr, 1970, ae would ‘Dine of Sx oe of ral ema mont spartan ant I ing thi lo (which war spree by Feet), Sabe asks “what ‘Wave Ein migt mean fo tne who dl ve thrgh eee te chikien = We ac sitlr deployment of tempor dai ‘Wojnarscr’ photographic series “Atha Rants in New Yok” ( ‘hic the art photograph 4 young man is ange of wt /tnderground sexing (onthe sub, rising fr se, shoring ern ‘ing al nth a musk ofthe Hench xe covering hi ie ‘Clon elt gocer poe that agin tempo ip ad she ld preset withthe pt an vce era) wer ha eo ncrtcing acne ole at ars expecially rit who wee rong the 1980s 4nd 1990 and were therefore sapling with GLAIDS on the arti community. Worse possi mpl Burned io sand, pce sagen of Bal tani {in as note, sermon ane apse expt greed an {phono salle he core of i end the poet ete fad hed of AIDS, Fan Gonz Tene inered lb i sd profiad mebicsic igre an ery bed (191). Veo rt Ming ‘Yoen 8. Mas Sf (1997) show the art nak, crawling in Boschi forthe went of an abun lower athe ido mae lf appa dete ‘One ofthe mont ifort! wake inthis vein Tac fl ln Zola {for Langs (1998), which at soc aise the inpstance ofthe Harlem Rensiance pct Langwon Hughes r+ Back gata, more te ete of ‘nooner fom repro of te Harlem Rema, and connects these bce ote apy of ques Mack queer bbs oe today Wall Test ag ocr ota eee peg reenter the adele deiitivereropetve of the work of Andy Wath a the Duscum of Contemporary Ae in Los Ages. Us ae aia wih tiqs the show am my calc in Lain, whe a seen atthe Tae, nd were ooved, aT would es y the parca

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