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response to two earlier shows at the New Museum, "Extended
Sensibilities: Homosexual Presence in Contemporary Art," organized by Daniel Cameron in 1982, and "Difference: On Representation and Sexuality," organized by Kate Linker and Jane Weinstock in 1984. In his essay for "HOMO VIDEO," Olander wrote that both exhibitions, "with regard to homosexuality, were stunning failures."
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as their founding executive director. Every year Visual AIDS presents the "Bill
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Bryson, Norman; Holly, Michael Ann; Moxey, Keith (1994).
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Discourses: Conversations in Post Modern Art and Culture
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Crisis of the Real: Writings on Photography, 1974-1989
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