A review by deepbutdazzlingdarkness
Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between by Gemma Rolls-Bentley

4.0

This is a gorgeous and extremely well done book I’d LOVE to pour over a physical copy of. Unfortunately it was very difficult to read on my phone - because for comics (and I guess books with pictures as well) NetGalley doesn’t give you the option to send it to your Kindle, and having to constantly zoom in and out to be able to read/look at the photographs and paintings really hindered my reading experience. Still, this was so good and I’m so glad I decided to pick it up. It has so many beautiful and powerful images and a great dose of history and humanity as well. I loved that there were artists from all over the world included, most of whom I’d never heard of before. Some of my favorite art pieces from the book include:

Relationship #24 (The Shadow Self) by Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst, Unhomeliness by Whitney Chow, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) by David Hockney, B & P v3 by Amy Sillman, Blue Rug by Hugh Steers, Slave to the Rhythm by Patrick Angus, Iconic Mother Avis Pendavis and Daughter Evie, House of Chanel Ball, Marc Ballroom New York, 1990 by Chantal Regnault, Secret Hideout of the Flamingo Gang (Abandoned Paddle Boats) by Hernan Bas, Big Sur by Bernice Bing, Two Men Dancing by Robert Mapplethorpe, Try n' Pull tha Rains in on Me by Christina Quarles, Joe and Edgar by Doron Langberg, Sleep by Kehinde Wiley, Candy Darling on Her Deathbed by Peter Hujar, Every Moment Counts by Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Untitled #5 by Tessa Boffin, Anton Smoking by Slava Mogutin, Kady and Pagan in Their Cabin by JEB (Joan E. Biren), you my love by Ghada Amer, For Love, and For Country by Amy Sherald, Kissing Doesn't Kill, Greed and Indifference Do by Gran Fury, Jenny and Zac Holding Hands by Rene Matic, Fonofono o le nuanua: Patches of the rainbow (after Gauguin) by Yuki Kihara, Jimmy Paulette on David's Bike by Nan Goldin, Jean and Xener by Charmaine Poh, 'Fire Island Pines, Polaroids 1975-1983' by Tom Bianchi, Hari Sea by TM Davy, and A Conduit for Joy by Michaela Yearwood-Dan

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for the digital copy in exchange for an honest review.