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Book SynopsisLiving Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters is an exciting volume featuring the work of four New York based artists, each presenting a single new work in conversation with celebrated paintings in The Frick Collection, with particular emphasis on issues of gender and queer identity typically excluded from narratives of early modern European art. The idea of commissioning four works to display at Frick Madison emerged when four masterpieces by Vermeer, Holbein, and Rembrandt were loaned to exhibitions. Works by Jenna Gribbon, Doron Langberg, Toyin Ojih Odutola and Salman Toor were commissioned to replace them, alongside other works by these artists. This book is the result of the four New York artists' responses to the Frick's collection, and the conversations their work engendered. Written contributions are provided by Jonathan Anderson, Jessica Bell Brown, Christopher Lew, Jason Reynolds, Legacy Russell, and Russell Tovey. SELLING POINTS: . Queer art for the Old Masters . Ties in with a series of ongoing installations of works by contemporary LGBTQ+ artists produced in response to selected works at the Frick . Contributions by artists, writers and curators bring a diverse and rich perspective . Featured artists Jenna Gribbon, Doron Langberg, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Salman Toor allow us to see long-familiar works in the Frick's collection in new ways . Doron Langberg's Lover is paired with Hans Holbein's Sir Thomas More;; Jenna Gribbon's What Am I Doing Here? I Should Ask You the Same with Holbein's Thomas Cromwell Salman Toor's Museum Boys with Johannes Vermeer's Officer and Laughing Girl and Toyin Ojih Odutola's The Listener with Rembrandt's Self-Portrait 45 colour illustrations
Trade Review"This work should be included in any art library. . . . The book’s grounding as not just about four Queer artists’ works, but as a larger discussion of portraiture and art history, allows this book to be helpful in a variety of classes or projects.”—Art Libraries Society of North America, (ARLIS/NA)
Table of ContentsDirector's Preface Acknowledgments Foreword: Look at Us by Hanya Yanagihara Introduction: Why by Xavier F. Salomon "We Can Occupy This Space Now" by Stephen Truax Jenna Gribbon and Toyin Ojih Odutola: Color as Communique by Jessica Bell Brown Hindsight by Aimee Ng "The future eats the past, eats the future" by Russell Tovey Catalogue Jenna Gribbon's What Am I Doing Here? I Should Ask You the Same Jenna Gribbon in Conversation with Legacy Russell Doron Langberg' Lover Doron Langberg in Conversation with Jonathan Anderson Salman Toor's Museum Boys Salman Toor in Conversation with Christopher Y. Lew Toyin Ojih Odutola's The Listener Toyin Ojih Odutola in Conversation with Jason Reynolds Artist Biographies Index Image Credits
