Published on the occasion of the exhibition held September 27, 2017-January 21, 2018 at the New Museum, New York. Artists: Morgan Bassichis, Sadie Benning, Nayland Blake, Justin Vivian Bond, Gregg Bordowitz, Pauline Boudry /Renate Lorenz, Nancy Brooks Brody, A.K. Burns and A.L. Steiner, Leidy Churchman, Liz Collins, Vaginal Davis, Harry Dodge, The Dyke Division of the Two-Headed Calf, Josh Faught, ektor garcia, Mariah Garnett, Reina Gossett and Sasha Wortzel, Sharon Hayes, House of Ladosha, Stanya Kahn, Carolyn Lazard, Simone Leigh, Ellen Lesperance, Candice Lin, Troy Michie, Ulrike Mùˆller, Willa Nasatir, Sondra Perry, Christina Quarles, Connie Samaras, Curtis "Talwst" Santiago, Tschabalala Self, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Tuesday Smillie, Sable Elyse Smith, Patrick Staff, Diamond Stingily, Mickalene Thomas, Wu Tsang, Chris E. Vargas, Geo Wyeth, Anicka Yi. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Looking back and working through: a brief history of addressing sexuality and gender at the New Museum: a portfolio organized by / Kate Weiner. Into the arena: notes on exhibitions and identity politics / Jeannine Tang -- Art and the unstable grammar of gender: a conversation / Julia Bryan-Wilson and Mel Y. Chen -- Chosen: constellations of influence: a portfolio organized by / Sara O'Keefe -- An ongoing conversation / Johanna Burton, Lia Gangitano, Ariel Goldberg, Jack Halberstam, Fred Moten, and Eric A. Stanley -- III. The weight of words: legacies and futures -- II. Chain reactions: violence, disruption, provocation -- III. Subject among subjects: institutional debates and the complexities of representation -- Looking back and working through: a brief history of addressing sexuality and gender at the New Museum: a portfolio organized by / Kate Weiner.
Summary:
"This catalogue...features an intergenerational group of more than forty artists working across film, video, performance, painting, sculpture, photography, and craft to explore gender beyond the binary and usher in more inclusive expressions of identity"--Page 2 of cover.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.