Dirty Librarian Thoughts

QUEER CONSUMPTION OF ART, VISUAL CULTURE, & RAMBLINGS OF MY LIFE
Andy Warhol, Thirteen Most Wanted Men, 1964 It was huge: 20x20, silkscreen on masonite, on the New York State Pavillion. It was to be on display for the New York World’s fair, however it was destroyed by the State because of its display of criminality. It wasn’t so much that the paintings were of criminals, but that they were exploring queer desire. Warhol’s piece was destroyed because it was read as a display of homosexual desire, and as protest against the criminalization of homosexuality in the public and private sphere.

Andy Warhol, Thirteen Most Wanted Men, 1964

It was huge: 20x20, silkscreen on masonite, on the New York State Pavillion. It was to be on display for the New York World’s fair, however it was destroyed by the State because of its display of criminality. It wasn’t so much that the paintings were of criminals, but that they were exploring queer desire. Warhol’s piece was destroyed because it was read as a display of homosexual desire, and as protest against the criminalization of homosexuality in the public and private sphere.

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