Outlaw Representation: Censorship and Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century American Art

First Edition, 2002. 376 pages.

Book measures 7.25 x 10.25 inches. Includes 200 illustrations of artworks and related images throughout the text. From the U.S. Navy’s 1934 confiscation of a painting of sailors on shore leave to contemporary culture wars over funding for the arts, conflicts surrounding homosexuality and creative freedom have shaped the history of modern art in America. Richard Meyer’s Outlaw Representation tells the charged story of this strife through pioneering analysis of the works of gay artists and the circumstances under which these works have been attacked, suppressed, or censored outright. Focusing on the careers of Paul Cadmus, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Davod Wojnarowicz, Gran Fury, and Holly Hughes, Outlaw Representation explores how gay artists responded to the threat of censorship.

Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Binding is tight.