“Expressive Camouflage”: Classicism, Race, and Homoerotic Desire in the Male Nudes of Richmond Barthé

• Main Author: James Smalls
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2018-06-01
• Series: Panorama
• Subjects: 4.1; african american art; gender studies/queer studies; james smalls; richmond barthe; sculpture
• Online Access: https://editions.lib.umn.edu/panorama/article/riff-african-american-artists/expressive-camouflage/
• ISSN: 2471-6839

This essay sets out to explore the aesthetic, cultural, and personal strategies behind Barthé’s approach to classical idealism and its application to the racialized body.