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Martin Wong : malicious mischief / edited by Krist Gruijthuijsen and Agustín Pérez Rubio.

Gruijthuijsen, Krist, (editor,, contributor.). Pérez Rubio, Agustín, (editor,, contributor.). Ault, Julie, (contributor.). Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (Madrid, Spain), (host institution.). Kunst-Werke Berlin, (host institution.). Camden Arts Centre, (host institution.). Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum, (host institution.).

Summary:

"The definitive monograph on the irreverent transcultural painter of queerness and urban life. Straddling East and West Coast postwar art cultures from the late 1960s until his death, Martin Wong (1946-99) painted narratives of queer existence, marginal communities and gentrification in a visual vocabulary that merged Chinese iconography, urban poetry, graffiti and sign language. Wong took a thrillingly irreverent stance on sexual and political topics that were rarely given recognition within the art discourses of the time. The most substantial volume on the artist yet published, and the result of exhaustive research, [the volume] situates Wong's exhilarating painterly explorations within his era and his complex cultural position, reproducing an abundance of paintings from across his career." -- Provded by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9783753303406
ISBN: 3753303402
Physical Description: 339 pages, 13 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, facsimiles ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Contributors: Julie Ault with Danh Vo and Heinz Peter Knes, Sofie Krogh Christensen, Christopher "Daze" Ellis, Krist Gruijthuijsen, David J. Getsy, Mark Dean Johnson, Marci Kwon, Agustin Pérez Rubio ; translation (Augustin Pérez text): Michele Faguet. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Museo CA2M Centro de Arte dos de Mayo, Madrid, November 8, 2022 - January 29, 2023; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, February 25 - May 14, 2023; Camden Art Centre, London, June 15 - September 17, 2023; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, November 2023 - February 2024.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introductory note / Krist Gruijthuijsen and Agustin Pérez Rubio -- Glittering visions : Martin Wong and the queer counterculture, 1966-78 / Marci Kwon -- A cosmos of codes : the languages of Martin Wong / Sofie Krogh Christensen -- ...it's not really what you think. Martin Wong and the recreation of the sociopolitical landscape of Loisaida / Agustin Pérez Rubio -- Bricks and jails : on Martin Wong's queer fantasies / David J. Getsy -- A conversation between Krist Guijthuijsen, Agustin Pérez Rubio, & Chris "Daze" Ellis -- "Some places it will always be Eureka and in Eureka it will always be Valentine's Day" / excerpt from I.M.U. U.R.2 by Julie Ault, Heinz Peter Knes, Danh Vo, and Martin Wong -- Martin Wong : illustrated narrative chronology / Mark Dean Johnson -- Curriculum vitae and list of works.