A new and stimulating way of looking at Old Master paintings with a foreword by Hanya Yanagihara, contributions by Jonathan Anderson, Jessica Bell Brown, Christopher Lew, Jason Reynolds, Legacy Russell, and Russell Tovey, and works by Jenna Gribbon, Doron Langberg, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Salman Toor. Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters is an exciting volume featuring the work of four New YorkÂbased artists, each presenting a single new work in conversation with celebrated paintings in The Frick Collection, with particular emphasis on issues of gender and queer identity typically excluded from narratives of early modern European art. The idea of commissioning four works to display at Frick Madison emerged when four masterpieces by Vermeer, Holbein, and Rembrandt were loaned to exhibitions. Works by Jenna Gribbon, Doron Langberg, Toyin Ojih Odutola and Salman Toor were commissioned to replace them, alongside other works by these artists. This book is the result of the four New York artists' responses to the Frick's collection, and the conversations their work engendered. Written contributions are provided by Jonathan Anderson, Jessica Bell Brown, Christopher Lew, Jason Reynolds, Legacy Russell, and Russell Tovey. SELLING POINTS: . Queer art for the Old Masters . Ties in with a series of ongoing installations of works by contemporary LGBTQ+ artists produced in response to selected works at the Frick . Contributions by artists, writers and curators bring a diverse and rich perspective . Featured artists Jenna Gribbon, Doron Langberg, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Salman Toor allow us to see long-familiar works in the Frick's collection in new ways . Doron Langberg's Lover is paired with Hans Holbein's Sir Thomas More;; Jenna Gribbon's What Am I Doing Here? I Should Ask You the Same with Holbein's Thomas Cromwell Salman Toor's Museum Boys with Johannes Vermeer's Officer and Laughing Girl and Toyin Ojih Odutola's The Listener with Rembrandt's Self-Portrait 45 colour illustrations
Author Biography:
Aimee Ng is a curator, The Frick Collection, New York.
Xavier F. Salomon is deputy director & Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, The Frick Collection, New York.
Stephen Truax is an artist, writer and curator. Born 1985, Glenview, IL he lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His solo exhibition How Will I Know, was organized by Anne Luther, 67 Ludlow, New York, NY in 2016.
Jonathan Anderson is a fashion designer, the founder and creative director of the the eponymous JW Anderson, and the creative director of Loewe.
Jessica Bell Brown is a writer and art historian based in Harlem. She is curator and head of the contemporary art department, Baltimore Museum of Art.
Christopher Y. Lew is chief artistic director of the Horizon foundation, a new art foundation focused on supporting emerging and mid-career artists launched in Los Angeles 2022.
Jason Reynolds is an award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author. His works include Ghost (2016) and two more books in what became his New York Times best-selling Track series, Patina (2017) and Sunny and As Brave As You, winner of the 2016 Kirkus Prize.
Legacy Russell is a curator and writer. Born and raised in New York City, she is the executive director & chief curator of the experimental new media, art, and performance institution The Kitchen.
Russell Tovey as an actor, producer, art collector and podcaster. He played the role of Kevin Matheson in the HBO original series Looking and Patrick Read in American Horror Story: NYC.
Hanya Yanagihara is an American novelist, editor, and travel writer. She is the author of the bestselling novels A Little Life (2015), and To Paradise (2022), and is currently Editor in Chief of T Magazine.
