Paul Stone, Untitled, ca. 1960s, Pencil on brown paper, 12.25 x 9 in. Collection of Arthur Bennett Kouwenhoven. Several ideas struck me while viewing the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art's current and very ambitious show "The Classical Nude" on display downtown in Soho until Jan. 4, 2015. The first came from Jonathan David Katz's introduction to the show, displayed on the opening wall of the show: "For centuries queer people have looked at classical nudes for secret signs that speak t...
The Manly Pursuit of Desire: The "Classical Nude" Looks Back at You
The Huffington Post - 3 Nov 2014 22:14
Paul Stone, Untitled, ca. 1960s, Pencil on brown paper, 12.25 x 9 in. Collection of Arthur Bennett Kouwenhoven. Several ideas struck me while viewing the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art's current and very ambitious show "The Classical Nude" on display downtown in Soho until Jan. 4, 2015. The first came from Jonathan David Katz's introduction to the show, displayed on the opening wall of the show: "For centuries queer people have looked at classical nudes for secret signs that speak t...
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