Still from Clayton Cubitt, “Hysterical Literature: Session Seven: Amanda” (2013) (courtesy of the artist) Cubitt sees the project as an extension of his earlier work, which puts portraiture into ...

Conventional wisdom says that sex sells and the best way to keep a secret is to put it in a book. “I like fucking with people,” Clayton Cubitt says. “I like subverting expectations.” Cubitt’s newest ...

Launched in 2012, Hysterical Literature is a 12-part video art series that explores feminism, mind/body dualism, distraction portraiture, and the contrast between culture and sexuality. It was ...