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Queere Moderne, 1900 bis 1950 : Queer Modernism, 1900 to 1950 / herausgegeben von = edited by Susanne Gaensheimer, Isabella Malz, Anke Kempkes.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Düsseldorf ; München : Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen ; Hirmer, 2025.Description: 299 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9783777445885
  • 9783941773790
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Contents:
I. Prologue
II. Modern Arcadia The repressed resemblance / Jonathan D. Katz
III. Sapphic Modernism Lesbians and Modernism / Diana Souhami
IV. Surreal Worlds The androgynous dream / Isabelle Tondre
V. Queer readings of abstraction Queer abstraction / Anke Kempes
VI. Queer avant-gardes and intimate networks Eccentric studies / Tirza True Latimer
VII. Queer resistance since 1933 Queer complicity / Isabelle Malz
VIII. Epilogue
Summary: The first comprehensive exhibition in Europe dedicated to the significant contributions of queer artists to modernism. Featuring more than 130 works by thirty-four international artists – including paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, films, publications, and archival materials – the exhibition project focuses on the first half of the twentieth century. It tells an alternative history of modernism, one in which queer artists placed themes such as desire, gender, sexuality, and the politics of self-representation at the centre of their work. It also traces stories of queer life in times of war and resistance. Including artists such as Claude Cahun, Hannah Höch, Jean Cocteau, Romaine Brooks, Marlow Moss or Richmond Barthé.
List(s) this item appears in: LGBTQ+ History Month 2026
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Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 27 September 2025 - 15 February 2026.

Includes bibliographical references.

I. Prologue

II. Modern Arcadia The repressed resemblance / Jonathan D. Katz

III. Sapphic Modernism Lesbians and Modernism / Diana Souhami

IV. Surreal Worlds The androgynous dream / Isabelle Tondre

V. Queer readings of abstraction Queer abstraction / Anke Kempes

VI. Queer avant-gardes and intimate networks Eccentric studies / Tirza True Latimer

VII. Queer resistance since 1933 Queer complicity / Isabelle Malz

VIII. Epilogue

The first comprehensive exhibition in Europe dedicated to the significant contributions of queer artists to modernism. Featuring more than 130 works by thirty-four international artists – including paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, films, publications, and archival materials – the exhibition project focuses on the first half of the twentieth century. It tells an alternative history of modernism, one in which queer artists placed themes such as desire, gender, sexuality, and the politics of self-representation at the centre of their work. It also traces stories of queer life in times of war and resistance. Including artists such as Claude Cahun, Hannah Höch, Jean Cocteau, Romaine Brooks, Marlow Moss or Richmond Barthé.

Parallel texts in German and English.