The first homosexuals : the birth of a new identity 1869-1939 / edited by Jonathan D. Katz with Johnny Willis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Katz, Jonathan D., 1958- editor, curator.

Willis, Johnny, editor, curator.

Wrightwood 659 (Gallery), publisher, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality in art--Exhibitions.

Homosexuality and art--Exhibitions.

Gender identity in art--Exhibitions.

Gender nonconformity--Exhibitions.

Sexual minorities--Exhibitions.

Sexual minorities in art--Exhibitions.

Lesbians--Exhibitions.

Gay artists--Exhibitions.

Gay men in art--Exhibitions.

Two-spirit people--Exhibitions.

Homosexuality in art.

Homosexuality and art.

Gender identity in art.

Gender nonconformity.

Sexual minorities in art.

Lesbians.

Gay artists.

Gay men in art.

Two-spirit people.

LGBTQ+ artists.

LGBTQ+ arts.

Queer culture.

Indigenous LGBTQ+ people.

LGBTQ+ people of color.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

399 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm

Other Title:

Birth of a new identity 1869-1939

Place of Publication:

New York : Monacelli Press, Incorporated, [2025]

Summary:

A global survey of more than 300 artworks made following the introduction of the term "homosexual" in 1869. Featuring 500 illustrations and 22 original essays by leading experts in art and queer history, each focusing on one geographical region - from Japan to Australia to the Indigenous populations of South America.

Contents:

Essays: The Crucible of Sexual Orientation: Sexual Theories and Identities in Nineteenth-Century Germany / Douglas Pretsell

When the "Urning" Paints: German Art and the Birth of the Homosexual / André Dombrowski

Unbecoming Women: Becoming Lesbians in the Arts 1850s-1920s France / Catherine Gonnard and Tirza True Latimer

The Ravenous Hunger of Inexplicable, Untranslatable Looks: The First French Homosexuals and Their Art / André Dombrowski

Design for Living: Art and the First Homosexuals in Britain / Michael Hatt

Artists' Lives, Emotions and Intimate Relationships: A Queer Perspective on the Advent of Modernity in Nordic Art / Patrik Steorn

Between Discretion and Daring: Art as Escape and Homosexual Survival in Early-Twentieth-Century Spain / Juan Vicente Aliaga

Paradise of Vice: Southern Italy in the Homosexual Imagination from the Fin de Siècle to Fascism / Ara H. Merjian

Queer Jewels of Central Eastern Europe / Paweł Leszkowicz and Tomasz Kitlinski

Between Twilight and Dawn: Homosexual Art from the Late Russian Empire and Early Soviet Union / Pavel Golubev

Gendering and Degendering: The Homosexual Image in American Art / Jonathan D. Katz

Not Naming: Lesbian Canadian Art and Its Erasure / Johnny Willis

Liberation and Injury: An Inverted Visual History of "Homosexualism" in Mexico / Esther Gabara

Inversions: Errancy and Abundance in Brazil and the Southern Cone / Joseph Shaikewitz

Art, Gender, and Colonial Legacies: Queer Histories and Temporalities in Abya Yala / Eduardo Carrera

From Male Colors to Same-Sex Love: The Creation of Homosexuality in Modern Japanese Art / Patrick Carland-Echavarria

Male Favorites and Fragrant Companions: Graphic Depictions of Same-Sex Intimacy in China / Wenqing Kang

Playgrounds of Empire: Homosexuality and Art in South and Southeast Asia / Niharika Dinkar

The Problems of Recognition: Queer Politics in Southeast Asia / Brian Curtin

A Mosaic with Missing Parts: Art & "Homosexuality" in the Modern Middle East & North Africa / Thadeus Dowad

Not to Know the Unknowable: Queer Australian Art, 1880-1940 / Peter McNeil

Highlights from The First Homosexuals, 2022.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago, May 2 - July 26 2025.

Was proceeded by another exhibition of the same name at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago, October 1, 2022 - January 28, 2023; this catalogue includes highlights from that exhibition.

ISBN:

9781580936934

1580936938

OCLC:

1517952646