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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Professor of art history, University of Rochester, and a critic on the post-modern development of art. Former editor of the art magazine 'October'. Former activist with the Aids organization 'Act Up', and has contributed to the academic discussion around | + | Professor of art history, University of Rochester, and a critic on the post-modern development of art. Former editor of the art magazine 'October'. Former activist with the Aids organization 'Act Up', and has contributed to the academic discussion around AIDS and art. Noted for his analysis of photography and its relation to the advancement of social issues in postmodernism. Author of the book 'Melancholia and Moralism – Essays on AIDS and Queer Politics' (2002). |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[Prominent LGBTQ Deaths in 2019]] | * [[Prominent LGBTQ Deaths in 2019]] | ||
| + | * [[Prominent Members of ACT UP]] | ||
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:07, 28 August 2022
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Country
United States
Birth - Death
1944 - 2019
Occupation
Academic
Description
Professor of art history, University of Rochester, and a critic on the post-modern development of art. Former editor of the art magazine 'October'. Former activist with the Aids organization 'Act Up', and has contributed to the academic discussion around AIDS and art. Noted for his analysis of photography and its relation to the advancement of social issues in postmodernism. Author of the book 'Melancholia and Moralism – Essays on AIDS and Queer Politics' (2002).
