Quaintance - Reviews
| "Quaintance erfand sich auf faszinierende Weise immer wieder neu. ... Der neue Bildband von Reed Massengill und Dian Hanson zeichnet seine bemerkenswerte Lebensgeschichte nach und stellt seine lebensfrohen, kulturell so aussagekräftigen Bilder im XL-Format neu vor - Werke, die ihn zum beliebtesten und erfolgreichsten Künstler seines Fachs und zu einer der schillerndsten Figuren seiner Zeit machten!"— X-TRA, Wien, Austria | |
| "This sumptuous 168 page book is a full collection of all of the surviving work by George Quaintance. His paintings, drawing and sculptures were some of the most influential pieces in mid 20th century American arts... A pioneer of 'male physique' paintings. I defy any gay man to not recognise at least half a dozen of his pictures... His instantly recognisable style of semi nude men, with no genitals (other than outlined in tight jeans or through strategically placed diaphanous materials) is innocent yet seething with homoeroticism. The foreword and intro by Reed Massengill covers Quaintance's personal life in detail, including his very own 'airbrushed' look and style, and his lifelong attraction to Latino and Native American men... This huge book, (11.4 x 15.6) almost as big as some of the models packets, is another TASCHEN triumph, with high quality colour reproductions of all of Quaintance's work and commentary by Ken Furtado, along with superb close ups of the paintings and artwork. It's an ideal gift for the older gay man or anyone with an interest in the development of gay imagery, or just for yourself to perv over. The pictures look as fresh as the day they were painted and knowing the story of the artist's life, loves, passions and affairs makes it more fun to flick through. Acquaint yourself with Quaintance, you won't be disappointed."— Gscene Magazine, Brighton, United Kingdom | |
| "He (Quaintance) dealt in the realm of fantasy, ignoring the harsh reality that one painted phallus could have landed him with a jail sentence. In that context, a further layer of shock can be applied to these well oiled, pumped up exotic beauties. They're openly lusting for each other, pressing tight groins into bare cheeks while camply lighting a cigarette or gawping at soap-sud-covered crotch. What now looks like a high camp exercise in irony, is a latter day wet dream. These barely contained groins, ever ready to burst out of their denim containment, made George one of the first artists to fetishise items of clothing. Tom of Finalnd owes more than a handshake to this man, who did just 55 paintings in his artistic career."— Gay Times, London, United Kingdom | |
| "Der Bildband The Art of George Quaintance zeichnet die bemerkenswerte Lebensgeschichte von George Quaintance nach und stellt seine lebensfrohen, aber auch kulturell aussagekräftigen Bilder neu vor - Werke, die Quaintance zum beliebtesten und erfolgreichsten Künstler seines Fachs und zu einer der schillerndsten Figuren seiner Zeit machten."— Queer.de, Köln, Germany | |
| "Si alguna vez te has sorprendido en mitad de un lunch pensando en viriles cowboys tal vez te gustará saber que parte de ese imaginario queer colectivo nace de la obra de George Quaintance (1902-1957), un artista que murió varias décadas antes de que el mundo que representaba en sus cuadros fuera aceptado (o al menos tolerado) por las sociedades libres de occidente. ... La editorial TASCHEN ha recopilado gran cantidad de material del artista, entre ellos obras para Body Beautiful y Demi Gods, en una espléndida edición y un socorrido regalo para Navidad."— Cyanmag, Madrid, Spain | |
| "Padre de lo que hoy se denomina el Beefcake art Cuadro de chulos musculazos que se miran con lujuria o amor - la obra de George Quaintance es en la actualidad icónica, pero aún desconocida, un libro de lujo nos trae parte de su legado pictórico. Cowboys y gimnastas pintados en los 40 y 50, cuando mostrar al hombre desnudo aún era un delito. El libro publicado ahora por TASCHEN supone una excelente ocasión para empaparse de un estilo naif y hortera, ingenuo por su propia condición de culpable."— Shangay, Madrid, Spain | |
| "...if you're a Tom of Finland fan, there's little doubt that you'll like his fancier forebear George Quaintance... Quaintance's quirky works still manage to tap into gay male fantasies 50 years after they were finished."— Boyz Magazine, London, United Kingdom | |
| "George Quaintance was a man so ahead of his time that, when you look back upon his work, it's difficult not to feel a twinge of regret that he wasn't born in the modern day. While he changed career paths throughout his life (1902-1957) like a chameleon changing its colors, it is in his physique portraiture that his true creative yearnings are most vividly displayed. These can now be seen in The Art of George Quaintance (TASCHEN)."— Out.com, United States | |
| "Pocas veces se le ha rendido homenaje. ... Pero ahora la casa TASCHEN, de mano de su editora más provocativa, Dian Hanson, le dedica un libro titulado sencillamente Quaintance, uno de cuyos textos ('Vagabondage') está escrito por el fotógrafo, autor y editor Reed Massengill, candidato al Pulitzer en 1994. 'Si hubiera nacido cuando murió', dice Massengill, 'quizá le conoceríamos como uno de los más famosos estilistas todoterreno de celebridades, como un profesor de baile de una academia de televisión o como el gran artista que aspiró a ser'. La obra de TASCHEN (que ha restaurado 24 lienzos para este proyecto) pone además en circulación esas pinturas últimas más coloristas, neoclásicas y kitsch. El suyo es un arte erótico que subsistió 'al filo de la legalidad en una era anterior a los disturbios de Stonewall, la revolución sexual, los derechos gay y la crisis del sida'."— El País Semanal, Madrid, Spain | |
| "Few artists, even those of great fame or historical importance, receive such magnificent treatment in a published monograph as George Quaintance, painter of beefcake images from the 1940’s and 50’s, receives in this volume…This is an exceptionally elegant volume…To be sure, George Quaintance deserves his status as an important contributor to gay cotemporary visual culture and history, Massengill, Hanson, Furtado, and TASCHEN have succeeded boldly with this beautiful tribute of a book."— Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, Boston, United States | |
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