Polaroids

(Hardback)

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Attila Richard Lukacs is a leading and controversial artist, best known for his epic paintings of masculine, homoerotic imagery of gay skinheads and military cadets. For over 20 years, the iconic Polaroid picture has played a vital role in his practice. This monograph presents a unique perspective on Lukacs' work through 1,200 Polaroid images taken by the artist himself over the past 20 years. Polaroid images have always served as a core referent in his paintings, but they are here presented as a captivating body of work in their own right.

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Regardless of their sexual orientation, or state of (un)dress, there is a beauty, a joy in it all, the unbound ecstasy of a young man on his own away from home for the first time, free to be what he wanted, as he wanted. Would that every young man could have as good a mentor and friend as Michael Morris, a boyfriend like Michael Danger, the manager of Oranienbar in Berlin. All of these elements made up Attila Richard Lukacs, and all of Attila Richard Lukacs goes into his art. --Gay People's Chronicle

Massive (forget being a 'coffee table book' -- put four legs on it and it could be a coffee table), beautifully presented, the book is a must-have for anyone who has an interest in the avant-garde gay visual arts scene.
--EDGE Publications

An exploration not only of Lukacs' work, but also of Canadian painting, artistic archives, and the queer art scene of the era. --American Library Association GLBT Round Table

Author Bio

Attila Richard Lukacs is an internationally recognized artist who has exhibited at Documenta in Kassel, Germany, as well as in New York, Paris, Cologne, and Montreal. He is the subject of the 2004 feature documentary Drawing Out the Demons. He has lived in Berlin and New York; he currently lives in Vancouver, Canada. Michael Morris's art career includes work with Vincent Trasov as part of the Morris/Trasov Archive; his art is housed in institutioins including the National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Modern Art. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.