Appearing Differently: Abstraction's Transgender and Queer Capacities (Interview by William J. Simmons)

in C. Erharter, D. Schwärzler, R. Sicar, and H. Scheirl, eds., _Pink Labor on Golden Streets: Queer Art Practices_ (Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2015), 38-55

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David Getsy

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Date Written: 2015

Abstract

Interview exploring abstraction's use as a resource for artists working from transgender and queer perspectives. Focus is placed on the resistance to compulsory self-disclosure and to protocols of surveillance and voyeurism. Also discussed is the relation of these ideas to my historical work on the 1960s which makes a case for the widespread urgency of transgender theory by infiltrating canonical narratives and artists.

Keywords: transgender, queer, abstraction, formalism, form, visibility, politics

Suggested Citation

Getsy, David, Appearing Differently: Abstraction's Transgender and Queer Capacities (Interview by William J. Simmons) (2015). in C. Erharter, D. Schwärzler, R. Sicar, and H. Scheirl, eds., _Pink Labor on Golden Streets: Queer Art Practices_ (Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2015), 38-55, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2854649

David Getsy (Contact Author)

School of the Art Institute of Chicago ( email )

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Chicago, IL 60603
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.saic.edu/~dgetsy

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