“I WEAR MY SKIN as thinly as I have to, armor myself only as much as seems absolutely necessary. I try to live naked in the world, unashamed even under […]

This On-line Haring Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition is presented by the Queer Cultural Center with the permission of The Keith Haring Estate and the San Francisco Art Commission, which sponsored the […]

David Wojnarowicz by Felix Guattari Translation from: Rethinking Marxism, vol 3 #1, Spring 1990 (no original source nor translator given) David Wojnarowicz’s creative work stems from his whole life and […]

Photo of a brown haired light skinned person next to a 16x20" camera

Catherine Opie was born in 1961 in Ohio. She received her MFA from CalArts in 1988. Her solo exhibitions include LA Freeways (San Francisco) and Being and Having (New York). […]

Nicole Eisenman December 2, 1994 – January 15, 1995 Walter/McBean Gallery San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut Street, S.F. CA 94113 Nicole Eisenman, whose neoclassical wall paintings incorporate subversive imagery, […]

Robert Mapplethorpe

b. 1946, Floral Park, N.Y.; d. 1989, Boston Robert Mapplethorpe was born November 4, 1946, in Floral Park, New York. He left home in 1962 and enrolled at the Pratt […]

Peter Hujar (1934-1987) was a master of black and white photography. He was born in Trenton, New Jersey and later moved to Manhattan to work for magazines, advertising, and the […]

Gay Semiotics (Publication date:1977) Hal Fischer ‘s Gay Semiotics appeared in the late 1970s, first as an exhibition and subsequently as a book. Gay Semiotics broke new ground with its […]

Jerome Caja – Gallery   The Three Disgraces, 1991, repainted1994 The Birdie Incinerator, 1990   Shroud of Curad, eye liner on band-aid, 1993 The Bathroom at My Place, mixed media, […]

National Queer Arts Festival 2000 Visual Arts Exhibition, SomArts, San Francisco ODYSSEY AND UNDERWORLD The Art of Jerome Caja, Charles Sexton, and Thomas Plagemann The three artists who have been […]