![]() Samson, K8 Hardy (still goin’ strong), A.L. Think Ryan McGinley’s gay kissing photographs, Juliana Huxtable‘s provocative multi-media work and Wu Tsang’s video and performance art, to say nothing of J.D. In the last 50 years alone, Keith Haring’s drawings have raised awareness for the AIDS crisis of the ’80s Nan Goldin’s haunting photographs of New York’s underbelly has shed light on the queer community Robert Mapplethorpe shocked the public with his graphic images of gay sex acts, prompting a revaluation of beauty and propriety.Īnd while 20th century artists bold enough to explicitly reference queerness in their work had to stand alone, today, a wave of young artists is working to bring queerness into the mainstream. Recently, the steady trickle of queer imagery has surged to a tidal wave. Even in art history, queer imagery is everywhere-from ancient Egyptian tombs to Nan Goldin’s photographs-if you know where to look. Who could have imagined a mainstream rom-com like Love, Simonbeing made even five years ago? But while the spotlight on the LGBTQ community is growing stronger, it’s important to remember that queer love isn’t a twenty-first century phenomenon it dates as far back as humanity itself. We might think of the LGBTQ rights movement as a recent social development.
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