这场摄影探索汇集了约50位不同种族、不同年代、不同性别身份的艺术家的作品，研究了自20世纪60年代以来，阳刚之气的观念是如何演变的。六个主题章节中的每一个章节都展示了理查德·阿维顿、约翰·科普兰斯、罗伯特·梅普尔索普、赫伯·里茨、科利尔·肖尔、拉里·苏坦、沃尔夫冈·蒂尔曼斯和大卫·沃纳罗维茨等艺术家大胆而又引人注目的作品，他们都以描绘男性气质及其比喻而闻名。其他艺术家，包括Rotimi Fani-Kayode、Masahisa Fukase、Adi Nes、Hank Willis Thomas和Akram Zaatari，则提供了不同种族和文化的观点。一些女性艺术家（Laurie Anderson、Annette Messager、Tracey Moffatt和Marianne Wex）探讨了男性目光的给人的不适感和入侵性，而年轻的艺术家，如Sam Contis、Andrew Moisey、Paul Mpagi Sepuya和Elle Pérez，则通过身份认同和全球政治的视角，提供了21世纪对男性气质的看法。本书的每一章都以艺术、历史、文化和同性恋研究领域的一位重要思想家撰写的一篇文章开篇。这一探索跨越数十年和各大洲，显示了界定男性气质的难度越来越大。

Examining increasingly fluid notions of masculinity over the past six decades, this book offers a culturally diverse collection of work from some of the world’s most celebrated photographers.

This photographic exploration draws together the work of approximately fifty artists of different ethnicities, generations, and gender identities to look at how ideas of masculinity have evolved since the 1960s. Each of its six themed chapters features bold and arresting work by artists such as Richard Avedon, John Coplans, Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Collier Schorr, Larry Sultan, Wolfgang Tillmans, and David Wojnarowicz, who are all renowned for their depictions of masculinity and its tropes. Others, including Rotimi Fani-

Kayode, Masahisa Fukase, Adi Nes, Hank Willis Thomas, and Akram Zaatari, offer ethnically and culturally diverse perspectives. A number of female artists—Laurie Anderson, Annette Messager, Tracey Moffatt, and Marianne Wex—explore the uncomfortable and invasive nature of the male gaze and younger artists such as Sam Contis, Andrew Moisey, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, and Elle Pérez, offer a 21st-century perspective of maleness through the lens of identity and global politics. Each chapter in the book opens with an essay by a key thinker in the fields of art, history, culture, and queer studies. Spanning decades and continents, this exploration shows how increasingly difficult it is to define masculinity.