The Young and the Evil, 2005
Book, 17.4 x 10.9 cm, 160 p, language: English, publisher: Metronome Press, Paris, ISBN: 2-916262-01-6.
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Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2024/687).
Literary synopsis First published in 1933 by Obelisk Press, *The Young and the Evil* tells the story of Julian (Ford) and Karel (Tyler) and their friends, somewhere between the gay bars and poetry scenes of Greenwich Village, and the drag balls of Harlem. This queer coterie spends much of the time getting drunk at parties, swapping beds and apartments, avoiding the hostile attention of police and sailors that cruise the parks, meeting up at all-night ‘coffeepots’, generally looking fabulous in make-up and gowns, and – occasionally – creating art. [Novel website](http://www.metronomepress.com/books/books2.html)
Authorship: Collective Authorship.
Creative Strategy: No Link to Artworks.
Genre: Autobiography, Erotic/Pornographic, Roman à clef.
Publishing: Art Books Publishing House.
Theme: Art, Everyday Life, Homosexuality, Love, Sex.
Artists
> Charles Henri Ford.
> Parker Tyler.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE ARTWORK BECOMES A NOVEL?. M HKA, Antwerp, 07 December 2012 - 21 April 2013.
> Exhibition: THE BOOK LOVERS - A Project about Artist Novels. The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, 25 January 2013 - 09 March 2013.
> Exhibition: Book Lovers 4.0 (Pop-up Bookstore). De Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, 28 January 2014 - 02 February 2014.
> Exhibition: The Preparation of the Novel (Book Lovers 5.0). Fabra i Coats - Centre d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, 18 July 2014 - 05 September 2014.
> Ensemble: The Artist's Novel.