Catherine Opie: Genre / Gender / Portraiture
$106.19
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2025
Summary
Nearly four decades of work from the photographer who redefined the expression of gender in contemporary queer portraiture.
A leading voice in contemporary photography, Catherine Opie has been known for her portraits of the queer scene in California since the late 1980s. A fundamental element of Opie’s work is the observation of different gender performances through a critical revision of the genre of portraiture. Her photography emphasizes how portraiture has the power to both reinfo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9786557770610 |
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| ISBN-10: | 6557770616 |
| Author: | Catherine Opie, Adriano Pedrosa, Guilherme Giufrida, Ashton Cooper, David Joselit |
| Publisher: | MASP |
| Imprint: | Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo / KMEC Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.09kg |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 396mm x 215mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
The catalog beautifully reproduces [Catherine Opie’s] resplendent photographs and their complementary paintings. Insightful essays discuss Opie’s performative staging of issues related to gender, taboo, and the construction of identity, all within the context of familial intimacy. While this body of work represents only a portion of the artist’s œuvre, the exhibition and the catalog affirm her essential contribution to queer representation. – John R. Killacky * Gay & Lesbian Review *
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