Jennifer Doyle
Jennifer Doyle is the author of "Hold It Against Me: Difficulty and Emotion in Contemporary Art," and "Sex Objects: Art and the Dialectics of Desire." She is a Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside and Director ofQueer Lab, a three-year initiative supporting sexuality studies at UCR. With Keith Harris, she co-directs the campus's Minor in LGBIT Studies (the first program of its kind in the state of California). She has been writing a feminist blog about sports since 2007.
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At 127 years old, Leandra Becerra Lumbreras was the last survivor of the Mexican Revolution. Artist Nao Bustamante made a pilgrimage to her home in Jalisco, Mexico and found a muse.
Nao Bustamante's exhibition "Soldadera" is a "speculative reenactment" of women's participation in The Mexican Revolution. ÂÂ
The performance art of Ron Athey is rooted in the pageantry of charismatic preachers like The Foursquare Church's Aimee Semple. He performs "Incorruptible Flesh: Messianic Remains" on July 10th at Human Resources in L.A.
Sheree Rose, the 70-year-old legend of multiple L.A. underground scenes, returns to her role as a performance artist with a 24-hour durational work.
"ITSOFOMO: In the Shadow of Forward Motion" is considered one of the most intense works of art produced during the years that the AIDS crisis cut through the art world.