RIDYKEULOUS; YIP, Nicole (ed.)
Ridykeulous presents: Ridykes’ Cavern of Fine Inverted Wines and Deviant Videos

Founded in 2005, Ridykeulous (Nicole Eisenman & A.L. Steiner) mounts exhibitions and events primarily concerned with queer and feminist art. Using humor to critique the art world and heteropatriarchal culture at-large, Ridykeulous often reinvents language to reflect their sensibilities and concerns—composing communiqués, screeds, and diatribes across various media. 

This publication – the first exhibition catalogue by Ridykeulous, joined by Sam Roeck – follows the 2023 exhibition Ridykes' Cavern of Fine Inverted Wines and Deviant Videos at Nottingham Contemporary – an intergenerational mix of 30 contemporary visual artists working across film, video installation, sculpture, and performance., playfully proposing queer fabulosity as a critical intervention in the capitalist spectacle. With newly commissioned texts by curator Lia Gangitano and Alexandro Segade of the artist collective My Barbarian, the catalogue is complemented by a conversation between Ridykeulous members Nicole Eisenman, A.L. Steiner and Sam Roeck, providing insights into the collective's thinking, politics, behind-the-scenes notations, and methods of exploration, as well as an introduction by Nottingham Contemporary’s Chief Curator Nicole Yip. [publishers’ note]

Published by MIT Press / Nottingham Contemporary, 2025
Design by Studio Marie Lusa
Exhibition Catalogues / Film & Video / Queer Culture