Queerest - The Queer Art of Martin Firrell

For more than three decades, the acclaimed British public artist Martin Firrell has been agitating - in his own words - 'to make the world more humane'. He has created major commemorative works with the support of human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell to mark LGBT+ milestones in the UK: 50 years since that passing of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act which partially decriminalised gay sex (2017); 50 years since the founding of the Gay Liberation Front (2020); 50 years since the first Gay Pride March in London (2022). These milestones highlight the rapid progress made by the LGBT+ movement. As the artist's friend, Lana Wachowski, pointed out, no other civil rights movement has come as far as fast.

Edited and introduced by Thomas Laing, 'Queerest' includes a biographical essay by the internationally respected Swiss- German curator Barbara Ulbrist.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Ulbrist
• Assisted by: Thomas Laing (Editor)
• Publisher: Zurich Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2022
• EAN: 9781912622382
• ISBN: 978-1-912622-38-2
• No. of pages: 178
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 580 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries