Paul P. debate and militant strategy

debate and militant strategy

Their contributions touch on questions of identity and difference as well as the possibilities of communication and the refusal to communicate

Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze

essays on Alberto Giacometti

Paul P. debate and militant strategyToronto based artist Paul P.'s (born 1977) work puts the viewer on intimate terms with the codes of queer representation. P. emerged in the early 2000s as a leading artist of his generation, forging what critic Johanna Fateman calls a "libidinal conceptual practice" anchored in the archive. This self titled monograph pairs his jewel toned portraits (sourced from a cache of 1970s gay erotica) with other recurring motifs: sculptures in the form of