Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art

Step into the vibrant, boundary-breaking world of Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art — a landmark publication celebrating the life and radical imagination of one of Los Angeles’ most inventive and overlooked artists. This richly illustrated book accompanies the artist’s first major retrospective, shining a long-overdue spotlight on Teddy Sandoval, a central figure in Los Angeles’ queer and Chicanx art communities. Over 25 years, Sandoval created bold, subversive, and playful works across ceramics, mail art, painting, printmaking, performance, photography, window displays, and xerography — constantly pushing against conventions of gender, identity, and artistic form.

At the intersection of queer expression and avant-garde experimentation, Sandoval’s work transforms ideas of masculinity, community, and visibility into something fluid, humorous, and deeply powerful. This book places his practice in conversation with other queer, Latinx, and Latin American artists whose work expands and challenges cultural narratives. Published in collaboration with the Vincent Price Art Museum, Williams College Museum of Art, and Independent Curators International, this definitive monograph brings together essays by leading scholars C. Ondine Chavoya, David Evans Frantz, Raquel Gutiérrez, and Mari Rodríguez Binnie, along with insightful biographical entries on artists including Félix Ángel, Myrna Báez, Álvaro Barrios, Ester Hernández, Hudinilson Jr., Antonio Lopez, María Martínez-Cañas, Marisol, and Joey Terrill.

Beautifully designed and packed with over 300 color illustrations, this publication is both a scholarly resource and a visual celebration of artistic rebellion. More than a monograph, Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art is a powerful tribute to community, queerness, Chicano identity, and the fearless creativity of an artist who refused to be contained.

Details

• Paperback
  
• 272 pages including 300 illustrations in Color and 20 in Black and White 
• Dimension: 8.25in x 11 in
• Features essays by C. Ondine Chavoya, David Evans Frantz, Raquel Gutiérrez and Mari Rodriguez Binnie
• Artists biographical entries featured in the exhibition - Félix Ángel, Myrna Báez, Álvaro Barrios, Ester Hernández, Hudinilson Jr., Antonio Lopez, María Martínez-Cañas, Marisol and Joey Terrill