I was led to this book by Queer Comics Database, when looking for biographies of queer personalities in graphic novel form. It seemed attractive on many counts; I am somewhat interested in architecture, I like reading about female artists, and the illustrator is Polish, like me. The book, however, was disappointing.
There's little information about Gray's lesbian forays; the characters seem really uninterested in one another, and mostly speak either in artistic manifestos, or very little, or not at all (there are many shots of the "silently gazing" variety). At some point, my husband said this would make a really bad movie, and I have to agree. The plot covers a section of Gray's life, with some flashback/ backstory chapters, and heavily relies on character chart/ afterword to provide additional information. So, in short: not very good writing, and the plot is not exactly thrilling, either. Which is not that terribly surprising given that the author is an architect, scholar and urban designer. I most likely would not be able to write a good graphic biography, either.
The artwork is somewhat better, although I am not a fan of this style. There were some really nice, metaphorical ideas for transitions and spreads.