Living histories: queer views and old masters

Abstract

"Living Histories celebrated an exciting year-long project at the Frick Collection, New York, featuring the work of four contemporary New York-based artists: Jenna Gribbon, Doron Langberg, Salman Toor, and Toyin Ojih Odutola. Each artist presents a single new work in conversation with iconic paintings in the Frick's collection, with particular emphasis on issues of gender and Queer identity typically excluded from narratives of early modern European art. By juxtaposing the inventive and confidently disruptive work of these four artists with the museum's permanent collection of Old Master paintings, this volume sparks fresh discourse within the world of traditional portraiture."--book jacket.

Contents

Why / Xavier F. Salomon -- "We Can Occupy This Space Now" / Stephen Truax -- Jenna Gribbon and Toyin Ojih Odutola: Color as Communiqué / Jessica Bell Brown -- Hindsight / Aimee Ng -- The Future Eats the Past, Eats the Future / Russell Tovey -- Catalogue. What Am I Doing Here? I Should Ask You the Same / Jenna Gribbon -- Jenna Gribbon in Conversation with Legacy Russell -- Lover / Doron Langberg -- Doron Langberg in Conversation with Jonathan Anderson -- Museum Boys / Salman Toor -- Salman Toor in Conversation with Christopher Y. Lew -- The Listener / Toyin Ojih Odutola -- Toyin Ojih Odutola in Conversation with Jason Reynolds.