Unbuttoned: Gay Life in the Santa Fe Arts Scene
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (605 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1517496071 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 270 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"An interesting read of a certain time and place." according to Amazon Customer. An interesting read of a certain time and place. The characters were varied, but always interesting, each in their own way.. X-ray vision of Santa February social life in the Arts. Amazon Customer A nice background to the present life in Santa February. Are we all so connected? Thought provoking.. Four Stars delightful especially if you know Santa Fe.as I did.
Cooper and his partner Doug Bland live in a passive-solar house with their tabby Elsa in the countryside near Santa Fe. He is the author and illustrator of two previous books: Briefs: A Virile Display of Verse Witty and Gay (Universe/Rizzoli); and Shards: Restoring the Shattered Spirit (HCI). After a 10-year career in New York City and Tokyo as a copywriter on major accounts with J. His work in graphic design includes opera posters, book & record album covers, wool rugs, greeting cards, and postage stamps. Walter Thompson, he left the advertising business and settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to pursue painting and printmaking full-time. About the Author Walter Kerr Cooper was born in Syracuse, New York, and received his B.A. in American Studies from Hobart College. His artwork has been exhibited in major galleries
Walter Thompson, he left the advertising business and settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to pursue painting and printmaking full-time. His artwork has been exhibited in major galleries and private and corporate collections. in American Studies from Hobart College. After a 10-year career in New York City and Tokyo as a copywriter on major accounts with J. Walter Kerr Cooper was born in Syracuse, New York, and received his B.A. His w
“Perhaps only Walter Cooper could unfurl this marvelous, queer cavalcade that was Santa Fe in its halcyon, gay heydays, before Stonewall, before AIDS, before ‘gay pride’. Walter Thompson, then bid adios to the ad biz, packed up his dreams, headed West, kicked open the closet door, and became a full-time painter and printmaker. Cooper’s unbridled memoir takes you behind adobe walls and plunges you into the queer world that was Santa Fe artistic life in the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s. It’s packed with LGBT history, camp humor, fascinating anecdotes, 80 photographs, and the author’s personal encounters with such cultural icons as Georgia O’Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Norman Rockwell, Buckminster Fuller, Tennessee Williams, Shirley MacLaine, and Elizabeth Taylor. Cooper gives voice to a dynamic LGBT community that helps make “the City Different” truly different. Cooper’s artwork has been exhibited in major galleries and private and corporate collections. As the overheated 1970s gave way to the sobering ’80s, Cooper’s candid memoir traces his journey from those high-flying years in New York and Fire Island to his new life as a pain