A publication for Against the Grain (LACE, 2008).
About Against the Grain:
As a part of LACE's thirtieth anniversary celebration, curator Christopher Russell looks back on a seminal exhibition from LACE's history, Against Nature: A Group Show of Work by Homosexual Men curated by Dennis Cooper and Richard Hopkins (LACE, 1988). Russell explores at the influence of the original show and asks after the influence of radicality among a new generation of artists. Using Against Nature as a point of departure, Russell selected 14 local artists that seek a similar critical position in our social climate today and undertake themes of decadence within a present day context.
Featured artists: Tom Allen, Brian Bress, Robert Fontenot, Wendell Gladstone, Matt Greene, Julian Hoeber, Brian Kennon, John Knuth, Amy Sarkisian, Ryan Taber, Ami Tallman, Kelly Sears, Anna Sew Hoy and Cheyenne Weaver.
Published with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Pasadena Arts Alliance.
-LACE Website, 2015
