Gay Icons: Richard Dyer - Hardcover

Dyer, Richard; Toksvig, Sandi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 185514400X ISBN 13: 9781855144002

Publisher: National Portrait Gallery Publications, 2009

Synopsis

The exhibition and book coincides with the fortieth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York, a significant event in the history of gay rights, which will be commemorated internationally. Lavishly illustrated with photographic portraits of approximately eighty icons who, regardless of their sexuality, have had some direct positive influence on the selectors' own gay sensibilities, this stunning book represents a wide cross section of portraits from the worlds of entertainment, art, music, literature, fashion and politics. The selectors include Waheed Alli, Alan Hollinghurst, Elton John, Jackie Kay, Billie Jean King, Ian McKellen, Chris Smith, Ben Summerskill, Sandi Toksvig, Sarah Waters. Portraits to be featured include icons such as Quentin Crisp, Ellen DeGeneres, Diana, Princess of Wales, Daphne Du Maurier, Tom Ford, Larry Grayson, Christopher Isherwood, k. d. lang, Joe Orton, Lily Savage, Village People, Oscar Wilde, Will Young, David Hockney, Vita Sackville-West, Simeon Solomon, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Kenneth Williams, as well as some more surprising additions such as Lord Tennyson. Confirmation of the portraits to be included will be announced in late Autumn 2008. The Gallery is also delighted to showcase ten specially commissioned portraits of the selectors by renowned photographer Mary McCartney. These stunning images are included in the exhibition itself, as well as the book, and will provide a lasting addition to the Gallery's permanent collection. With an introduction by Sandi Toksvig and text by the cultural specialist and academic Richard Dyer, this publication also features mini texts by each of the selectors, explaining the reasons behind their choice of icon. Fully illustrated, and including all the images from the exhibition, this is an essential title for anyone interested in the selectors and those icons that have inspired their achievements. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from July to October 2009.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Het rijk geïllustreerde Gay Icons viert de unieke en veelzijdige bijdrage van homoseksuelen aan de Britse geschiedenis en cultuur

Gay Icons begeleidt de gelijknamige expositie in de National Portrait Gallery, die samenvalt met de veertigste verjaardag van de Stonewall Riots in New York, een memorabele gebeurtenis in de geschiedenis van de rechten voor homoseksuelen. Het boek bevat beroemde portretten van mensen als Lady Di, Tom Ford, Elton John, K.D. Lang en Oscar Wilde; voorname personen uit de kunst, muziek, literatuur, mode en politiek die een positieve invloed hebben gehad op de acceptatie van homoseksualiteit in Groot-Brittannië en de rest van de wereld.
Gay Icons is samengesteld door Sandi Toksvig en Richard Dyer. Het boek bevat bijdragen van onder anderen Elton John, Jackie Kay, Ian McKellen, Ben Summerskill en Sarah Waters.

About the Author:

Richard Dyer is Professor of Film Studies at King's College London and is the author of The Oxford Guide to Film Studies (OUP), Matthias Schaller: Controfacciata (Steidl Verlag), and Now You See It: Historical Studies in Lesbian and Gay Film (Routledge). Sandi Toksvig is a comedian and broadcaster whose books include Melted into Air (Little Brown) and The Travels of Lady Bulldog Burton (Little Brown).

About this edition

• Publisher: National Portrait Gallery Publications
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 185514400X
• ISBN 13: 9781855144002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160