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Carving Out Identity: Sadomasochism And The Discourse Of Evil In The Work Of Catherine Opie, Lauren Gallow
Carving Out Identity: Sadomasochism And The Discourse Of Evil In The Work Of Catherine Opie, Lauren Gallow
Lauren L. Gallow
Cutting. Mutilation. Manipulation. Distortion. As both a photographer and member of the lesbian and sadomasochistic communities, Catherine Opie has embraced extreme and violent actions as a means of fighting against narrow definitions of gender, sexual identity, and family values. During the early 1990s when Opie produced two of her most controversial works—Self-Portrait/Cutting (1993) and Self-Portrait/Pervert (1994)—a discourse of “evil” was often evoked in an attempt to marginalize and disempower the subcultures Opie represented in her photographs. The key players involved in the NEA censorship controversy (1989–1991) propagated just such a discourse, leading to a demarcation of these subcultures as “evil” …
Surrealist Masculinities: Gender Anxiety And The Aesthetics Of Post-World War I Reconstruction, Amy Lyford
Surrealist Masculinities: Gender Anxiety And The Aesthetics Of Post-World War I Reconstruction, Amy Lyford
Amy Lyford
No abstract provided.
Mistakes Rebuilt: Parallels In The Construction And Reconstruction Of The World Trade Center Site, 1973 And 2003, Lauren Gallow
Mistakes Rebuilt: Parallels In The Construction And Reconstruction Of The World Trade Center Site, 1973 And 2003, Lauren Gallow
Lauren L. Gallow
On September 11, 2001, as terrorist planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, few Americans were likely thinking of the rebuilding process that would inevitably ensue. However, since the site is so deeply invested with both commercial and public interests, the project to redesign the World Trade Center has become one of the most unique and challenging revitalization projects in history. While the political and commercial forces charged with rebuilding the World Trade Center site have outwardly appeared to be heavily concerned with the outpouring of public sentiment expressed concerning this project, in reality the redesign …
Photojournalism, Mass Media And The Politics Of Spectacle, Carol Payne, Amy Lyford
Photojournalism, Mass Media And The Politics Of Spectacle, Carol Payne, Amy Lyford
Amy Lyford
No abstract provided.
Le Numéro Barbette: Photography And The Politics Of Embodiment In Interwar Paris, Amy Lyford
Le Numéro Barbette: Photography And The Politics Of Embodiment In Interwar Paris, Amy Lyford
Amy Lyford
No abstract provided.
Advertising Surrealist Masculinities: André Kertész In Paris, Amy Lyford
Advertising Surrealist Masculinities: André Kertész In Paris, Amy Lyford
Amy Lyford
No abstract provided.
Illuminating Words: The Artist's Books Of Christopher Gausby, Véronique Plesch
Illuminating Words: The Artist's Books Of Christopher Gausby, Véronique Plesch
Véronique Plesch
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Lee Miller’S Photographic Impersonations, 1930-1945, Amy Lyford
Lee Miller’S Photographic Impersonations, 1930-1945, Amy Lyford
Amy Lyford
No abstract provided.