From Oscar Wilde to Andy Warhol

Last week, Elisa Glick, Associate Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Missouri, read excerpts from her new book Materializing Queer Desire: Oscar Wilde to Andy Warhol at the Center Project in downtown Columbia, Missouri. Glick discussed the relationships between homosexuality and modernism through well-known icons, especially Oscar Wilde and Andy Warhol. The student paper covered the event:

Calling Warhol the "first great pop dandy," Glick said the artist used glamour, effeminacy and celebrity connections to advertise himself as an artist. But, she said Warhol might have just been reflecting what people in the world around him valued.

You can read the full article here.

The Faces of Warhol

The Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri recently acquired 151 Polaroids and prints as a gift from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Columbia Daily Tribune ran a feature on the exhibit and Warhol. SUNY Press author Elisa Glick was interviewed for the article for her opinion on Warhol's enduring, yet often perplexing, level of fame. It's a great piece on Warhol's influence not only in the art world but also in the Warholian world we are all living in today.

Elisa's new book, Materializing Queer Desire: Oscar Wilde to Andy Warhol, uses iconic dandy and queer figures to explore relationships between homosexuality, modernism, and modernity. The book, available in August, can be pre-ordered now.