LESLIE/LOHMAN GAY ART FOUNDATION

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The ARCHIVE: The Journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation
The Archive, is the journal of LLGAF. It is mostly specific to LLGAF but also of interest to anyone concerned with censorship and prejudice not only in the general arts community but also in the gay and lesbian community in particular. Issues are published quarterly. Click on the above link to view articles and images from the current and past issues.

 

Articles and reviews published about LLGAF
Below is a list of items pertenient to the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation. If you know of an article about LLGAF that is not included here please let us know.


The Queer Men's Erotic Workshop. The Hanging Judge (Jim Eigo). Inches 3/2003. PP 58 - 62 with 6 illustrations.

Happy Meals. Artists explore and inspire carnal appetites in paint. Stephen W. McDermott. Gay City News, Dec 6 - 12, 2002. Article with image by Victor Gadino.

The Trouble with Dick. Even Warhol can't get a break when his art is gay. Aaron Krach. Gay City News 10/18/02 with illustration.

Arse Erotica. A group show puts the "life" back in life drawing. Chris Schmidt. Gay City News 7/26/02 with illustration.

Passion for Art. Bill Roundy. NY Blade. Queer Men's Erotic Art Workshop with illustration.

Men's Room. Empire/Winter 2002. Queer Men's Erotic Art Workshop, p 23 with illustration. 

Leslie-Lohman Gallery: The Ultimate Gay Portfolio. John Sanchez. Genre Magazine. 9/2000, No. 85. Photography issue: Collectors' Edition. Guest Editor: Christopher Makos. Pages 66-71 & 83. Article on LLGAF with accompaning photographs by eight photographers featured at Leslie-Lohman. NOTE: The article has several artists names wrong. Jeremy Slomovits should be Jack Slomovits, Doug Neil should be Doug Neel, and Diana di Prima should be
Diana T. di Prima.

Exhibit explores themes of lesbianism. Robyn Shepherd. Washington Square News. 9/23/99, p 6. Review with two images from show, "Parting the Petals: The 4th Lesbian Biennial."

Artistic Maneuvers: The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation. Chris Hayes. Next Magazine. 3/26/99, p 16. Article with three images from the show, "Me & Thee: Artist's Self-Portraits."

Club visits gay SoHo gallery.  Jennifer Brite. Washington Square News, Feb. 3, 1999, Vol. 27, Issue 9, p 9. Article with 3 images from show, "The Connecting Line."

Gay Culture: Many Views, Many Venues. Jonathan Mandell. Daily News. June 14, 1998.
 

Seventh Lesbian and Gay Photo Annual. Randy Gener. HX magazine. 6/12/98, p 52. Article with one image by Richard Vechi.

Artistic outlaws: Leslie and Lohman have fought to preserve gay art for three decades. George De Stefano. New York Blade, March 20, 1998, Vol. 1, No. 12, pp. 21, 23.

Art Attack. Instinct. March/April 1998, Vol. 1, Issue 3, p 5. Article with one image by Delmas Howe.

The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation: A Community Resource. Douglas Johnson. Blueboy, 9/97, pp. 64 - 67.
Article with four images from the permanent collection. [See "The Foundation" page for full text of this article.]
 

Also see the following issues of Blueboy for nine other articles featuring artists exhibited at LLGAF.
October 1997: Michael Angel
November 1997: Richard Taddei
December 1997: Neel Bate, aka "Blade" (Permanent Collection)
January 1998: Tom Foral
February 1998: Ted Titolo (Permanent Collection)
March 1998: Joseph Radoccia
April 1998: Sal Monetti
June 1998: Darold Perkins AKA "Perk"
July 1998: Photo Annual (Photographs from the Permanent Collection)


Canvas Kisses. Mark J. Huisman. October 15, 1995. "Vulvavision." Article with one image of Becki Jayne Harrelson's painting "Judas' Kiss."

We Know What We Dyke. 1995. "Vulvavision," and Maria Vullo's "Barbie's Lesbian Odyssey." Article with five images from "Vulvavision" featuring Kelly Webb and Arlene Sandler.

The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation. Sturat Lee Does a Very Special Place. Stuart Lee.The Greenwich Village Press. "Diamonds, Gold and Myrrh," a trio of exhibitions relating to Stonewall 25 along with an exhibition at the L.U.R.E. relating to the "Gold" portion of the show. Article with three images by Clay Johnson, Pascal Bibolett, and Empress Billie-Ann with Mr. Quentin Crisp.

Tom Foral: A Sudden Change in Focus. New York Native. March 27, 1995, p 54. Article with two images by Tom Foral. And ArtGroup Addresses AIDS.

Flaunting It. Leslie-Lohman Holds its Fourth Photo Annual. Lester Strong. Metroline, June 8, 1995. Article with three images by Paul Knowles, Amos Badetscher and Joseph Caputo.

A Recognizable Gay Voice: The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation. Lester Strong. Mertoline, April 14, 1994, pp 28, 36, 38-39, 48. Article with five images by Avital Greenberg, Blade, Patrick Angus, Norman Hatton and photo of the founders Charles Leslie and Fritz Lohman.

Foundation celebrates, preserves gay and lesbian erotica. Lester Strong. Southern Voice, March 31, 1994, p 33. Article with one image. This summer, during Stonewall 25 and the Gay Games, New York's Leslie-Lohman Foundation will host three exhibits. Article with one image by David Jarrett.

The Lesbian as an Artist. In Queery (IQ). Vol 3, No 4, Dec. 1993, p 6. Article with two images, one by Gail S. Goodman and one by Judy Schafer.

Review by Quentin Crisp. Gay Art in America. The New York Native, 1993.

A recognizable gay voice: The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation. Lester Strong. Out! Magazine. pp. 6-8, 48-49. Article with four images by Robert Mapplethorpe, two installation shots of Delmas Howe show, and one image by Michael Rogovsky.

Artistic Artillery. The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation Offers Shelter in the War Against Gay Imagery. Joe E. Jeffreys. The Advocate, 4/7/92, #600, p. 85. Article with photo of the two founders.

Vita Brevis, Ars Longa: An Interview with Charles Leslie of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation. C. Bard Cole. The New York Native, May 4, 1992, p 15-16.

Ars Gratia Erotica. The Laid-back Leslie-Lohman Gallery is Home for Homoerotic Art. James S. Saslow. The Advocate, 1978. Article with three images by Marion Pinto, Patrick Gross, and installation shot.

Man as a Sex Object. Michael's Thing. Vol. 5, No. 48. Nov. 10, 1975, pp 38 - 41. Review of the show of Marion Pinto with several black & white images of the male nudes reproduced.

The Eye of the Beholder: Marion Pinto. Freeman Gunter. Mandate, June 1986, pp 4 - 7. Several color reporductions of her paintings of male nudes are included.

Barazoku Magazine, No. 2, Jan-Feb 1982. Published in Japan. Issue on New York which includes images by Marion Pinto (double portrait of Charles Leslie & Fritz Lohman), Derrick Gross, Delmas Howe, Richard Rosenfeld and Gerhard Pohl.

Male Images in Art, Gay Community News, July 21, 1979, pp 10 - 12. Several images from the Robert Samuel Gallery show, "The Male Image," with two columns devoted to Leslie-Lohman.

Leslie-Lohman. Numbers, p. 12. Article with one image by Nuki.

Blade. Torso. October #10. Article with one image by Blade.
 

Books of special interest
 

And Lo! The Old Gods!. Restored Interpretations of Old Myths. Compiled and edited by Charles W. Leslie. The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation 2002. Includes catalog of the exhibition. 38 pages.

The Barn 1948 and More Dirty Pictures by Blade. Neel Bate aka Blade. Published by Stompers and the Leslie-Lohman Gallery. 1980, 30 pages. ISBN 0-938052-00-4. A series of explicit homoerotic short stories written and illustrated by Blade with two photos of Blade and a brief biography of Blade.

Bibliography of Gay and Lesbian Art. Edited by James Saslow. 1994. Gay and Lesbian Caucus. College Art Association. An extensive survey of the subject -- far greater than can be accomplished in these web pages -- and more wide ranging. LLGAF is listed in this bibliography.

Exposed. A Celebration of the Male Nude from 90 of the World's Greatest Photographers. Phil Braham with forward by Reed Massengill. 2000. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 1-56025-301-0. Illustrated. 200 pp. Several of these photographers have exhibited at LLGAF and LLGAF is credited by three of them.

Gay Art — A Historic Collection. Felix Lance Falkon with Thomas Waugh. 2006. Arsenal Pulp Press. 255 pp with illustrations. Blade (Neel Bate) is covered in Chapter 3. This is an update of the original book published in 1972. ISBN 1-55152-205-5. Paperback.

"Goodbye to Berlin," 100 Jahre Schweulenbewegung.Schwules Museum, Akademie Der Kunste. 1997. Verlag Rosa Winkel, Berlin. 384 pp. with illustrations. ISBN: 3-86149-051-X. This is a wonderful catalog of the show of the same name. (German only.) LLGAF loaned a couple of pieces of art from its permanent collection to this exhibition.

Hidden Histories. 20th Century Male Same Sex Lovers in the Visual Arts. Michael Petry. Artmedia Press. 2004. 144 pp with illustrations. Leslie-Lohman contributed several images for the catalog. ISBN 1 902889 10 X

Lesbian Art in America. A Contemporary History. Harmony Hammond. 2000. Rizzoli International Pub., Ltd. ISBN: 0-8478-2248-6. 208 pp. with illustrations. LLGAF is mentioned in Note 247, p. 197. The first on lesbian art in America and a really excellent book. Essential and highly recommended reading.

Out/Lines. Underground Gay Graphics from before Stonewall. Thomas Waugh. 2002. Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver. ISBN: 1-55152-123-7. 296 pp. with 200 illustrations. LLGAF (Blade) is highly visible in this book. Essential and highly recommended reading.

Pictures and Passions A history of homosexuality in the visual arts. James M. Saslow. 1999. Viking, NYC. ISBN: 0-670-85953-2. 342 pp. with illustrations. LLGAF is represented in this important book with several quotes by Charles Leslie and a reproduction of a Neel Bate drawing from LLGAF's permanent collection. Essential and highly recommended reading.

Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts, The. Claude J. Summers, Ed. Cleis Press. glbtq. Inc. 2004. 373 pp. with illustrations. Entry on Leslie-Lohman by Douglas Turnbaugh. ISBN 1-57344-191-0. Paperback.

Special Gay Art Issue. Alternate. Vol. 2 Number 12. 1980's. An issue of the magazine devoted entirely to gay art in New York and San Francisco. Plus articles on theater, film, and books. Leslie-Lohman Gallery is included in this article.

Wilhelm von Gloeden, Photographer. Charles Leslie. English edition: JFL Photographic Publishers of New York. 1977, 143 pages. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 77-83146. German edition: Allerheiligen Presse, Innsbruck, Austria. Designed by J. Frederic Lohman and Stuart Frinstein. English edition out of print. German edition still available. Biography of the Baron along with photographs of his work.

Wilhelm von Gloeden. Peter Weiermair. Taschen, 1996. 96 pp. Illustrated. Charles Leslie is quoted on page 6. ISBN: 3-8228-8314-X.
 

Books and articles of further interest
This list is far from complete and will be added to as we get new information. If you know of books or articles related to our perview or corrections please let us know. NOTE: Not all of these books deal with gay and/or lesbian erotica per se but even so they are all pertinent to our overview in one way or another.
 

Abstract Eroticism. Edited by Michael Petry. 1996. Art & Design, London.103 pp. with illustrations.

Androgyne, The. Reconciliation of male and female. Elemier Zolla. 1981, Thames and Hudson Ltd, London. 96 pp. with illustrations.

Ars Erotica. An Arousing History of Erotic Art. Edward Lucie-Smith. 1997. Rizzoli International Pub., Inc. 192 pp. with illustrations. ISBN 0-8478-2060-2

Art of George Quaintance, The. Volker Janssen & Tora Lillstrom. Janssen - Verlag, Berlin. 1989. 80 pp. with illustrations.

Beefcake. The Muscle Magazines of America 1950 - 1970. F. Valentine Hooven, III. 1995 Benedikt Taschen. 159 pp. with illustrations.

Bibliography of Lesbian Art. An important web site in Europe charting the course of lesbian art.

Egon Schiele. 1980 -- 1918. The Midnight Soul of the Artist. Reinhard Steiner. 1993. Benedikt Taschen.96 pp. with illustrations.

Encyclopedia of Censorship, The. Jonathan Green. 1990. Facts on File Books, NYC. 388 pp. A comprehensive overview of censorship around the world and throughout history.

Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom, The. A Reference Guide to the Symbolism, Techniques, Rituals, Sacred Texts, Psychology, Anatomy and History of Sexuality. Rufus C. Camphausen. 1991. Inner Traditions International, Ltd. USA. 269 pp. with illustrations.

Eros in Pompeii. The Secret Rooms of the National Museum of Naples. Michael Grant. 1975. William Morrow & Co., Inc. NYC. 171 pp. with illustrations.

Erotic Art. Compiled by Drs. Phyllis and Eberhard Kronhausen. 1993. Carroll & Graf, NYC. 158 pp. with illustrations.

Erotic Art. A survey of erotic fact and fancy in the fine arts. Compiled by Dr. Phyllis and Eberhard Kronhausen. 1958. Bell Publishing Co, NYC. 312 pp. with illustrations.

Erotic Art. Twentieth-Century Erotic Art. Gilles Neret. 1993, Benedikt Taschen. 200 pp. with illustrations.

Erotic Art of the Masters. The 18th, 19th & 20th Centuries. Bradley Smith with an introduction by Henry Miller. The Erotic Art Book Society, NYC. 207 pp. with illustrations.

Erotic Art. An annotated bibliography with essays. Eugene C. Burt. 1989. Reference Publications in Art History. G.K. Hall & Co. 396 pp.

Erotic Arts, The. Peter Webb. Martin Secker & Warburg Limited, Longon, 1975. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York revised edition, 1983. New paperback  edition with additional material and photographs. 567 pp. with illustrations. ISBN: 0-374-14863-5 & ISBN: 0-374-51790-8 (pbk.)

Erotic Art Today. Wolker Kahmen. 1972. New York Graphic Society Ltd., USA. 282 pp. with illustrations.

Erotische Kunst Der Antike (Erotic Art in Antiquity). D.M. Klinger. Volume 7, DMK-Verlags-GmbH, West Germany. 88 pp. with illustrations.
ISBN: 3-923642-18-0.

Extended Sensibilities. Homosexual Presence in Contemporary Art. October 16 -- December 30, 1982. Catalog of exhibition at The New Museum, NYC. Daniel J. Cameron, guest curator.

Folk Erotica. Celebrating Centuries of Erotic Americana. Milton Simpson. 1994, Haper Collins. 144 pp. with illustrations. ISBN: 0-06-017108-1.

Francis Bacon. Lawrence Gowing, Sam Hunter with a forward by James T. Demetrion. 1989. Thames and Hudson, Inc. NYC. 187 pp. with illustrations.

Fully Exposed. The Male Nude in Photography. Emmanuel Cooper.1995. Routledge, London. 296 pp. with illustrations.

Ganymede in the Renaissance. Homosexuality in Art and Society. James M. Saslow. 1986. Yale University Press, New Haven & London. 265 pp. with illustrations.

Hardcore Crafts. Edited by Nancy Bruning Levine. 1976, Tree Communications, Inc., NYC. 116 pp. with illustrations.

Hard to Imagine: Gay Male Eroticism in Photography and Film from Their Beginnings to Stonewall. Thomas Waugh, New York: Columbia University Press, 1996; 470 pp. with Index. Illustrated.

Homoerotic Photograph, The. Male Images from Durieu/Delacroix to Mapplethorpe. Allen Ellenzweig. 1992. Columbia University Press, NYC. 230 pp. with illustrations. Essential and highly recommended reading.

Homosexuality in Art. James Smalls. Parkstone Press Ltd, NY. 2003. 276 pp with illustrations. ISBN 1 85995 865 6.

Hysterical Tears. Paintings 1975 - 1984. Juan Davila. 1985, GMP Publishers, Ltd, London. ISBN: 0-907040-87-X. 108 pp. with illustrations.

Keith Haring. Future Primeval. Forward by William S. Borroughs. 1990. Exhibition catalog. 128 pp. with illustrations.

L'Amour Blue. Cecile Beurdeley.1977. Evergreen. 300 pp. with illustrations. ISBN: 3-8228-9031-6.

Lesbian Art. An Encounter with Power. Elizabeth Ashburn. 1996. Craftsman House, Australia. 152 pp. with illustrations.

Lust. The Body Politic. Introduction by Dennis Cooper. 1991. Liberation Pub., Inc. 127 pp. with illustrations.

Male Nude, The. A Modern View. Nov. 15, 1983 -- Jan. 1984. An exhibition organized by Francois De Louville and with an introduction by Edward Lucie-Smith. 1985, Sarema Press Ltd, London. 174 pp. with illustrations.

Mann in der Kunst, Der. Erotic Drawings by Peter Flinsch, published by Janssen Kunstlermonographie. Band/Vol. 4.

Nude, The. A New Perspective. Margaret Walters. 1979. Penguin Books, NYC. 352 pp. with illustrations.

Nude, The. A Study in Ideal Form. Kenneth Clark. 1953. Princeton University Press. 458 pp. with illustrations.

Out in Art. Catalog of exhibition with introduction by Nick Stanley. 1986, GMP Publishers Ltd, London. 63 pp. with illustrations.

Paul Cadmus. Lincoln Kirstein. 1992. Chameleon Books, Inc.. NYC.144 pp. with illustrations.

Phallus, The. Sacred Symbol of Male Creative Power. Alain Danielou. 1993, Inner Traditions International, USA. ISBN: 0-89281-556-6. 119 pp. with illustrations.

Photographs of the Classic Male Nude by Baron Wilhelm Von Gloeden. Preface by Jean-Claude Lemagny. 1975. Camera/Graphic Press Ltd., NYC. 105 pp. with illustrations.

Reign of the Phallus, The. Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens. Eva C. Keuls. 1985. Harper & Row, NYC. 452 pp. with illustrations.

Sacred Sexuality. A.T. Man & Jane Lyle. 1995. Element Books Limited, England. 192 pp. with illustrations.

Sadao Hasegawa. Paintings and Drawings. Introduction by Frits Staal. 1990. Editions Aubrey Walter, England. 78 pp. with illustrations.

Sexuality in Ancient Art. Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Italy. Natalie Boymel Kampen. 1996. Cambridge University Press, USA. 299 pp. with illustrations.

Sexual Perspective, The. Homosexuality and Art in the Last 100 Years in the West. Emmanuel Cooper. Second edition 1986. Routledge, London. 369 pp. with illustrations. ISBN: 0-415-11100-5. Essential and highly recommended reading..

Speaking for Vice. Homosexuality in the Art of Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, and the First American Avant-Garde. Jonathan Weinberg. Yale University Press, New Haven.

Studies in Erotic Art. Theodore Bowie, Otto J. Brendel, Paul H. Gebhard, Robert Rosenblum, Leo Steinberg. Edited by T. Bowie & C.V. Christenson. 1970. Basic Books, Inc., NYC. 395 pp. with illustrations.

Tom of Finland. His Life and Times. F. Valentine Hooven III. 1993, St. Martin's Press, NYC.198 pp. with illustrations.

Tom of Finland. Valentine Hooven, III. 1992. Benedikt Taschen. 80 pp. with illustrations.

Young Male Figure in Paintings, Sculptures, and Drawings from Ancient Egypt to the Present, The. Brandt Mymar. 1970. Crown Publishers, Inc. NYC. 247 pp. with 275 classic, rare and unusual illustrations. Library of Congress catalog card no. 78-127501.

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