Queer British art: 1861-1967

In 1861, the death penalty was abolished for sodomy in Britain; just over a century later, in 1967, homosexuality was finally decriminalised. Between these legal landmarks lies a century of seismic shifts in gender and sexuality for men and women. These found expression across the arts as British ar...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Weitere Verfasser: Barlow, Clare (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Tate Publishing 2017
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Zusammenfassung:In 1861, the death penalty was abolished for sodomy in Britain; just over a century later, in 1967, homosexuality was finally decriminalised. Between these legal landmarks lies a century of seismic shifts in gender and sexuality for men and women. These found expression across the arts as British artists, collectors and consumers explored transgressive identities, experiences and desires. Some of these works were intensely personal, celebrating lovers or expressing private desires. Others addressed a wider public, helping to forge a sense of community at a time when the modern categories of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender were largely unrecognised. Ranging from the playful to the political, the explicit to the domestic, these works showcase the rich diversity of queer British art. This publication, the first to focus exclusively on British queer art, will feature sections on ambivalent sexualities and gender experimentation amongst the Pre-Raphaelites; the new science of sexology's impact on portraiture; queer domesticities in Bloomsbury and beyond; eroticism in the artist's studio and relationships between artists and models; gender play and sexuality in British surrealism; and love and lust in sixties Soho. Exhibition: Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom (05.04.2017-01.10.2017)
Beschreibung:On the occasion of the exhibition 'Queer British art 1861-1967', Tate Britain, London, 5 April - 1 October 2017
Beschreibung:192 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:1849764522
9781849764520