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"From the U.S. Navy's 1934 confiscation of a painting of sailors on shore leave to contemporary culture wars over funding for the arts, conflicts surrounding homosexuality and creative freedom have shaped the history of modern art in America. Richard Meyer's Outlaws Representation tells the charged story of this strife through pioneering analysis of the works of gay artists and the circumstances under which these works have been attacked, suppressed, or censored outright. Focusing on the careers of Paul Cadmus, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Wojnarowicz, Gran Fury, and Holly Hughes,…
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4 editions- Paperback · English · 2004Beacon Press · 376 pages · 9780807079355
- Other · English · 2019Echo Point Books & Media, LLC. · 9781635618297
- Other · English · 2018Echo Point Books & Media · 9781626543171
- Other · English · 2002Oxford University Press, USA · 392 pages · 9780195107609
American ArtCensorshipHomosexuality in artArt, modern, 20th centuryArt, americanArtUnited states, historyArt, american--20th century