ArtBabble: Sexuality and Art

Smut Capital of America @ YBCA

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:14:03 +0000

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YBCA Now

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John Waters, John Summers, Alex de Renzy's wife Kathryn Reed, and other seminal figures of the sexual counterculture discuss San Francisco's Tenderloin district and the birth of smut in America. Smut Capital of America is the title of Michael Stabile's in-progress documentary which chronicles San Francisco's reign as the center of porn production in the U.S. during the early 70s. In 1969, San Francisco became the first city in the U.S.

"Hide/Seek" visitor comments

National Portrait Gallery — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:21:02 +0000

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Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

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National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery's Warren Perry asks visitors their thoughts on the "Hide/Seek" exhibition. Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture" considered such themes as the role of sexual difference in depicting modern America; how artists explored the fluidity of sexuality and gender; how major themes in modern art—especially abstraction—were influenced by social marginalization; and how art reflected society's evolving and changing attitudes toward sexuality, desire, and romantic attachment. The exhibition was co-curated by Jonathan Katz, Chair of the Visual Studies

Hide/Seek: Introduction by co-curator Jonathan Katz

National Portrait Gallery — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:28:28 +0000

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Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

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National Portrait Gallery

"Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture" was on view at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, from October 30 through February 13, 2011 “Hide/Seek” considered such themes as the role of sexual difference in depicting modern America; how artists explored the fluidity of sexuality and gender; how major themes in modern art—especially abstraction—were influenced by social marginalization; and how art reflected society’s evolving and changing attitudes toward sexuality, desire, and romantic attachment.

Hide/Seek: Introduction by co-curator David C. Ward

National Portrait Gallery — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:27:16 +0000

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Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

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National Portrait Gallery

"Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture" considered such themes as the role of sexual difference in depicting modern America; how artists explored the fluidity of sexuality and gender; how major themes in modern art—especially abstraction—were influenced by social marginalization; and how art reflected society’s evolving and changing attitudes toward sexuality, desire, and romantic attachment.

Hide/Seek: Works by Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg

National Portrait Gallery — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:44:46 +0000

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Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

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National Portrait Gallery

Discussion by Jonathan Katz, co-curator of “Hide/Seek” and Chair of the Visual Studies Doctoral Program at SUNY-Buffalo.

In Memory of My Feelings-Frank O’Hara / Jasper Johns (born 1930) / Oil on canvas with objects, 1961 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois; partial gift of Apollo Plastics Corporation, courtesy of Stefan T. Edlis and H. Gael Neeson

Ventriloquist / Jasper Johns (born 1930) / Encaustic on canvas, 1983 / Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; museum purchase with funds provided by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund

Hide/Seek: Self-Portrait by Romaine Brooks

National Portrait Gallery — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:21:40 +0000

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Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

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National Portrait Gallery

Discussion by Jonathan Katz, co-curator of “Hide/Seek” and Chair of the Visual Studies Doctoral Program at SUNY-Buffalo.

Hide/Seek: "What I Believe" by Paul Cadmus

National Portrait Gallery — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:15:34 +0000

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Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

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National Portrait Gallery

Discussion by Jonathan Katz, co-curator of “Hide/Seek” and Chair of the Visual Studies Doctoral Program at SUNY-Buffalo.

Hide/Seek: Portraits by Felix Gonzalez-Torres and David Wojnarowicz

National Portrait Gallery — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:11:37 +0000

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Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

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National Portrait Gallery

Discussion by Jonathan Katz, co-curator of “Hide/Seek” and Chair of the Visual Studies Doctoral Program at SUNY-Buffalo.

Hide/Seek: Marsden Hartley by George Platt Lynes

National Portrait Gallery — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:04:43 +0000

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Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

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National Portrait Gallery

Discussion by Jonathan Katz, co-curator of “Hide/Seek” and Chair of the Visual Studies Doctoral Program at SUNY-Buffalo.

Marsden Hartley died the year after this photograph was taken, and this portrait of the artist is full of abstract themes of death and loss, both for the subject and the photographer, George Platt Lynes.

Hide/Seek: "Arnold Comes of Age" by Grant Wood

National Portrait Gallery — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:59:44 +0000

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Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

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National Portrait Gallery

Discussion by David C. Ward, co-curator of “Hide/Seek” and Historian at the National Portrait Gallery.