Paul P.

"Paul P.'s work conflates memory, ecstasy, and loss, adolescence and decadence, ripe beauty and its inevitable rot." --Vince Aletti

Published with Greene Naftali and Maureen Paley.

Toronto-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 furniture, architectural abstractions and atmospheric near-monochromes--some flecked with images of bats in flight, a potent symbol of transience and desire.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1941366864
• ISBN13: 9781941366868
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Gregory R. Miller & Company
• Length: 160 Pages