Glittering Logic in a Minor Key

While best known for the infamous Flaming Creatures (1963), most of his other titles remained in unfinished, or rather never-to-be-finished, states throughout his lifetime (and beyond), and would be reworked by the artist as live-film performances, their guts mutating in a confoundingly open-ended f...

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Published in:Criticism 2014-06, Vol.56 (2), p.405-412
Main Author: Davies, Jon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Art history
Artists
Arts organizations
Catastrophes
Disasters
Legacies
Literary criticism
Logic
Movies
Narrative art
Queer culture
Studies
Titles
Transgender persons
Utopian fiction
Visual arts
Visual culture
Writing
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Summary:While best known for the infamous Flaming Creatures (1963), most of his other titles remained in unfinished, or rather never-to-be-finished, states throughout his lifetime (and beyond), and would be reworked by the artist as live-film performances, their guts mutating in a confoundingly open-ended fashion over the years. Johnson charts the entire Smith cosmology: from his vendettas to his obscenity trials, each piece of the puzzle works to contextualize his films, performances, and images, which are considered in depth.
ISSN:0011-1589
1536-0342
DOI:10.13110/criticism.56.2.0405