Tag Archive for: LGBTQ Artist Archive

LESBIAN SELF-WRITING: THE EMBODIMENT OF EXPERIENCE by Jewelle Gomez ZAMI, written by Audre Lorde in 1983, is by turns a formal, imposing, conversational and mythic book. It seems to grab […]

Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957-1996) In 1993, in lieu of a standard biography/bibliography, Felix chose to write a portrait of himself. This is the Biography that we have chosen to print, which […]

Marlon Riggs

MARLON T. RIGGS Before his death in 1994, African-American filmmaker, educator and poet Marlon Riggs forged a position as one of the more controversial figures in the recent history of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

FACE by Jewelle Gomez In some animals, including humans, looking directly into another’s face is a sign of aggression. Meeting eye to eye implies confrontation. Our fur bristles and adrenaline […]

Jewelle Gomez Discussion and Reading Sunday, June 14, 1:00 pm Location: SOMAR, 934 Brannan $5 to $10 Sliding Scale Contact: 415.552.7709 Jewelle Gomez poet, fiction writer and activist, is the […]

Visual Arts Lecture Cathy Opie & Deborah Bright: Queer Photography Saturday, June 12; 7 p.m. Location: Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, 4235 19th Street @ Collingwood $15 Tickets: phone 415.552.7709 […]