Bruce Sargeant and His Circle

Description

Painter Mark Beard exists in a world predominantly filled with beautiful men. Not only does he paint in the 1920s style of his imaginary gay great uncle Bruce Sergeant, he rounds out his body of work with paintings 'by' Bruce's circle of friends and associates: his French academist teacher, avant-garde lesbian best friend, and German expressionist arch-rival. Other ephemera from this quartet of exuberant fictional characters round out this deluxe volume, creating an enticing journey into art history, subtle gay erotica, literature, and art.

Bruce Sargeant's work is featured in Abercrombie & Fitch's flagship stores thanks to the efforts of Mark Beard, a painter who resides in New York City. Thomas Sokolowski is the director of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia.

The imaginary Bruce Sargeant is actually one of the many alter egos of artist Mark Beard, who envisioned Bruce as his gay great-uncle. A homoerotic masterpiece with a twist, the book features the work of Bruce and his close circle. -- Queer Filter.com