This exhibition focuses on her paintings of people from queer communities and those who were a part of their circle. Also on view is related archival material that illuminates the lives and accomplishments of the individuals depicted by Neel and their surrounding historical and cultural contexts. The exhibition is accompanied by an expansive catalogue , published by David Zwirner Books. Edited and with a text by Als, the volume includes newly commissioned scholarship on the artist by Alex Fialho, Evan Garza, and Wayne Koestenbaum.
Download a list of works on view in the exhibition. In that sense, the work is also a kind of self-portrait, a conduit for their shared and respective strength, both as artists and as women. Annie Sprinkle b. It was a sexy experience. Creativity and sexuality are very linked, as queers know pretty wellβ¦.
I had that leather outfit made, and the bust was totally cut out and the crotch. I brought a suitcase full of stuff for Alice to pick from, and she picked that.
I had my labia pierced right around then, and I showed it to her. She seemed very queer to me β her curiosity. In , Neel painted Dennis Florio c. He was a loyal member of the Theme Luncheon of the Month Club, an extrovert, a rake, and an outrageous wit. It took a while for his friends to realise that he was suffering from AIDS-related dementia, because causing a scene was something he did regularly, just for fun.
Only when the police had to carry him out of his apartment and lock him up for disturbing the peace did we know that something was seriously wrong. Nothing can get me to go back to New Jersey! In this work, Neel paints Florio in a pose that echoes that of nineteenth-century French writer and critic Marcel Proust, as captured in a famous c. I put him in the pose of Proust but the rest is pure Florio.
