In a different light
Subtitle: visual culture, sexual identity, queer practice
By: edited by Nayland Blake, Lawrence Rinder, Amy Scholder.
Contributors: Blake, Nayland, 1960-; Rinder, Lawrence.; Scholder, Amy.
Publisher: City Lights Books; Brand: City Lights Publishers; City Lights Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Gay artists -- United States -- Psychology; Gay artists in popular culture -- United States; Lesbian artists -- United States -- Psychology; Lesbian artists in popular culture -- United States; Arts, American; Art and society -- United States; Gay culture -- United States
Description: In a Different Light documents a landmark exhibition at the University Art Museum, and features curatorial essays, over 100 reproductions of all the artwork in the exhibition, and a selection of fiction, personal essays, rants, and image-text projects on the power of visual culture. This book explores the resonances of gay, lesbian and queer experience in American culture, particularly in the past thirty years.

In a Different Light engages a range of queer issues, aesthetic concerns, and formal styles. Instead of inquiring "What does lesbian or gay art look like?" the curators ask: "How are queer artists looking at the world?" This is the first time that a major American museum has considered this important subject in a broad cross-generational context.

The inclusion of literary work in the context of this exhibition catalog brings into focus the relationships between artists and writers in lesbian and gay culture, the interaction of genres and media in these representations, and the impact of visual culture - the arts, popular iconography, advertising, and style - on the formation of identity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references.