Broadway Bares XXI: Masterpiece

Broadway Bares XXI: Masterpiece will offer up a modern-day burlesque show packed with museum-quality human canvases that would make an art critic blush.

It's been said that “all art is erotic” and 200 of Broadway's sexiest bodies will prove that to be true as the 21st edition of Broadway Bares takes you inside an auction too hot for Sotheby's and Christie's. The most delectable dancers in New York will emulate the art world's seductive nudes and give life to history's sultriest sculptures.  Handle these masterpieces with care or fig leaves, sunflowers and water lilies just might fall off into the crowd. Get your bidding paddles ready before these Broadway bodies of art are "going, going, gone."

Broadway Bares XXI: Masterpiece is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, executive produced by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell (Catch Me If You Can, Legally Blonde) and will be directed by Josh Rhodes (Sondheim: The Birthday Concert, The Drowsy Chaperone, Working at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago).

Sunday, June 19, 2011
9:30 pm & Midnight

Roseland Ballroom
239 West 52nd Street, NYC

More info here

Back to the Basement

Back to the Basement
Art Fair and Sale

June 11 & 12: 12 - 6PM
Opening Reception: June 10, 6-9 PM

127-B Prince St., New York City
 

Rob Clarke, JC Etheredge, Gerald Gachette, Anthony Gonzales,  Chuck Hettinger, 
Darrell Jones, David Livingston, Michael Mitchell, Chuck Nitzberg, Aldo Putignano, Dan Romer, Mike Russnak, Carmine Santaniello, Shungaboy, and Todd Yeager.

TRANSGRESSION

JUNE 3 - JULY 3

Beers.Lambert
21 Vyner St, London

Bruce LaBruce | Brian Dawn Chalkley | Annabel Frearson | Jakob Lena Knebl | Sarah Derat | Sule Kemanci | Paul Knight | Regina Nieke | Lucia Pizzani | Anja Ronacher | Andrew Salgado | Richard Sawdon-Smith | Luke Turner | TTY
 
Transgression is an exhibition concerning art-practices that challenge and consider the representation of sexuality and gender in art and society.  The exhibition is held in conjunction with the symposium of Aesthetics, Art, & Pornography, presented by the University of Kent and the London Institute of Philosophy, (June 16-18).

HIV/AIDS: in it together

via antheamoys.com

A Wits School of the Arts and Nirox Exchange

 

HIV/AIDS: in it together began in March 2011 with the intention of beginning a series of projects that would foster educational exchange between the artists which reside at the Nirox Residency Foundation and Wits School of the Arts (WSOA) students and graduates. Anthea Moys, WSOA lecturer and active performance artist, was appointed as the co-ordinator of these projects. Artist and activist Geoffrey Hendricks and his partner, curator and archivist, Sur Rodney came to stay at Nirox for the month of March. During Hendricks’ stay here he helped Moys facilitate three Saturdays of the six weekend workshops prior to the performances.

In line with WSOA’s interest in interdisciplinary collaboration, Moys invited 4^th year and graduate students from the Music, Visual Art and Drama for Life departments. Two participants who are part of Tomorrow Trust (see www.tomorrow.org.za), one from WSOA Drama department and one from AFDA, also joined. The challenge to collaborate on an interdisciplinary level was very important to this project in that it challenged the artists to work beyond their ‘comfort zones’. There were ten workshops in total, which produced 7 site-specific performance pieces in 7 sites in Braamfontein. These performances were held over 3 consecutive days in April.

Dealing with the theme of the stigma that still surrounds HIV/AIDS, the workshops were all at once painful and joyful, overwhelming and uplifting. In South Africa, HIV/AIDS performances, quite understandably, have a history of pain, victimhood and heaviness attached to them. One of the challenges, which arose out of the workshops, was: how do we create exciting, energising and passionate performances, which deal with quite a tired and heavy subject?

The project speaks to the following issues:

• Challenging the heavy stereotypes attached to loaded issues through fun, exciting and engaging practice.
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration
• Public Space
• Performance art and Social Activism: the Role of the Artist

Trolleywood Films has been with us every step of the way and we will soon have a documentary of the entire project, which will be screened at the Bioscope at main Street Life and Wits School of the Arts as part of the WALE (Wits Arts and Literature Exchange) festival.

You can see the trailer for the film here:

In It Together (Trailer) from Trolleywood Productions on Vimeo.

A great night for VAVA VOOM!

It was a momentous and beautiful night for VAVA VOOM!   Visual AIDS and the VAVA VOOM co-chairs - Mixed Greens, P·P·O·W, Kara Walker and Pavel Zoubok sincerely thank everyone who came out to celebrate and honor Geoffrey Hendricks, Brent Sikkema, and Richard Renaldi, especially the presenters William Pope.L, Hilton Als, and Lesley A. Martin, host John Fugelsang, performers Justin Vivian Bond with Nath Ann Carrera and Phoebe Legere, DJ Senti-mental, The Bumbys for their "fair and honest appraisals" and of course, all the volunteers and guests, that helped Visual AIDS raised over $85, 000 - a new record! 

The Night of Cabaret performances by Justin Vivian Bond with Nath Ann Carrera and Phoebe Legere were incredible, heart-warming and left everyone wanting more!

 

SPECIAL THANKS to The Park, Pernod Ricard, Blue Medium, The FLAG Art Foundation, x-ing design, Steven Rosen Photography, Oliver Peoples, New York Health & Racquet Club, HUGO BOSS, Richard Haines, and Culture Pundits.

More about the Honorees and Performers  

Top image by Luna Luis Ortiz

All other photos by © Steven Rosen

No Glove / No Love Tote Bags

Visual AIDS is pleased to present No Glove/No Love tote bags by Chloe Dzubilo & T De Long. The collaborative project was created specifically for Visual AIDS, taking inspiration from the chorus of their outreach song No Glove/No Love.

"Can I have your
attention
bout what we never
mention
Clarify our intention
HIV Prevention" 

Click here for more info and artists' bios.

Play Smart II

Visual AIDS is excited to announce it's new set of Play Smart trading cards featuring photographs by Michael Alago, Mike Harwood, Luna Luis Ortiz and Paul Mpagi Sepuya.

Play Smart trading cards are an honest and straight-forward approach to promote harm reduction, HIV testing and post-exposure prophylaxis. Play Smart is packaged with two trading cards, a sticker, condoms and lube. The back of each trading card features information to help you play smart. 

If you are interested in distributing Play Smart trading cards, contact Visual AIDS at info@visualAIDS.org. Produced by Visual AIDS for free distribution Play Smart is available in bulk at the cost of shipping and handling -- while supplies last. 

Play Smart will be available at various NYC bars, LGBT clubs, Pride events and health organizations. Please check Visual AIDS website for more information.

Mixed Messages - Visual AIDS at La MaMa

Mixed Messages

June 2 – July 3, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 2 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM

La MaMa La Galleria
6 E. 1st Street New York City

Mixed Messages presents over forty text-based works by visual artists and designers whose reactions to and connections through HIV/AIDS reflect the contemporary moment’s tenor on the pandemic. From painting to print, sculpture and installation, the featured works juxtapose publicly intended messages with deeply personal revelations, which are at once polemic and poetic, positive and negative, both in tone and form.  Curated by John Chaich for Visual AIDS, including Robert Blanchon, Anthony Burrill, Paul Chisholm, Cammi Climaco, Amanda Curreri, Craig Damrauer, Joe De Hoyos, Chloe Dzubilo & T De Long, Experimental Jetset, Avram Finkelstein, Nicholas Fraser, General Idea, John Giorno, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Andrew Graham, Gran Fury, Nolan Hendrickson, Leslie Hewitt, James Jaxxa, James Joyce, Deborah Kass, Matt Keegan, Amanda Keeley, Jayson Keeling, KleinReid, Larry Krone, Lou Laurita, Rudy Lemcke, Glenn Ligon, Liz Maugans, Sam McKinniss, Lucas Michael, Ivan Monforte, J. Morrison, Nightsweats & T-cells, Yoko Ono, Christopher Pennock, Jack Pierson, Kay Rosen, Charlie Welch, Frederick Weston, David Wojnarowicz and Rob Wynne

Events

Mixed Messengers Talk - A panel discussion among the creative teams behind recent HIV prevention campaigns.

Sunday June 12 from 4 - 6 PM  • Free
Moderated by Kenyon Farrow, co-editor of Letters from Young Activists, featuring:
Stephen Karpiak, PhD,  ACRIA's HIV & aging outreach
Ivan Monforte, GMHC's First Ladies Care
Kevin O’Malley, NYC’s GayMeth.org and SF's Stop AIDS Project
Chuck Pollard, L’Oreal Hairdressers Against AIDS 

Ask Me: Mixed Messages - An evening of storytelling inspired by the exhibition.
Wednesday June 29 from 7 - 9 PM • Suggested donation
Co-hosted by Cammi Climaco and David Crabb with:   
Becca Albee, Visual Artist 
Dan Fishback, Performance Artist 
Jim O'Grady, Storyteller  
Daisy Rosario, Storyteller

askmestories.com.  
All events will be held at La MaMa La Galleria.

Closing of ‘Beyond Death: Viral Discontents and Contemporary Notions about AIDS’

Photo by Miriam Haile.

‘Beyond Death: Viral Discontents and Contemporary Notions about AIDS’

Office for Contemporary Art Norway
At the 54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
February–June 2011
www.oca.no 

The Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), as commissioner of Norway’s representation at the 54th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, would like to announce the completion of ‘Beyond Death: Viral Discontents and Contemporary Notions about AIDS’, a postgraduate programme led by Bjarne Melgaard at the Faculty of Design and Arts, Università IUAV di Venezia, Venice. Running from 14 February to 13 May, ‘Beyond Death’ has consisted of a series of lectures and workshops, organised and taught by Melgaard as Guest Professor, looking at the history and present of the AIDS crisis, and its reflection within contemporary art and discourse.

The course examined how AIDS has become a key lens through which to investigate some of the key transformations affecting the world today, especially in relation to identity formation, the use of violence and the possibility of collective action. This was done through the close study of the work and ideas of a series of thinkers, writers and artists—including Leo Bersani, the Black Panthers, Douglas Crimp, Guillaume Dustan, Hervé Guibert, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Guy Hocquenghem, Chris Kraus, Tiqqun and David Wojnarowicz. The course also included the participation of Leo Bersani as Guest Lecturer.

The programme was followed by Paola Angelini, Michelangelo Corsaro, Cecilia Divizia, Elisa Fantin, Marco Fellini, Corinne Mazzoli, Nicole Moserle, Beatrice Piva, Valeria Romagnini Solfato, Valentina Roselli, Alessio Sacchetto and Davide Spillari.

As part of the course, each of the students developed a project under the supervision of Melgaard, and produced a written thesis about specific topics. The projects will be included in ‘Baton Sinister’, an exhibition that Melgaard, in collaboration with the students, is organising at Palazzo Contarini Corfù, Dorsoduro 1057, Venice. The exhibition will include a series of artworks, events and displays, all of which have emerged from the lectures, workshops and seminars that have taken place during the last four months. ‘Baton Sinister’ is open from 2 to 5 June, from 10am to 6pm. From 6 to 31 June visits are possible by appointment. To enquire about appointments, please call +39 342 13 48 017.

Materials related to the course, including the lecture programme, the reading lists and information on the students’ projects, is available from the website www.deathbeyond.org.

A publication gathering and expanding upon the materials researched during the course is forthcoming.

Keith Haring at Gladstone

via Opening Ceremony

Keith Haring at Gladstone Gallery

by Alexandre Stipanovich

It is Barbara Gladstone who first commissioned subway graffiti artist Keith Haring to make a series of lithographs, almost three decades ago. This long and close association between the artist and the gallerist is celebrated today with this show, which opened on Wednesday at  GLADSTONE GALLERY.

Here, visitors can admire some the artist's never-seen-before pieces. For instance, the three monumental paintings done during a live dance performance by Bill T. Jones in 1982 were shown for the first time. These paintings possess a particular visual rhythm; no music other than Haring's brushstroke sounds on the canvas accompanied Jones' moves. On display are also two series of early drawings taken from the artist's sketchbook, which reveal Haring's taste for early 20th century abstract expressionism, and erotic and comic figures. 

The exhibition runs through July 1st.

GLADSTONE GALLERY
530 W 21st St.
New York, NY 10011
MAP

Jack Smith "Thanks for Explaining Me" @ Gladstone

via Opening Ceremony

Jack Smith at Gladstone
by Alexandre Stipanovich

Born in Ohio in 1932, Jack Smith was an American film director and photographer who moved to New York in the 1950s. There, he is said to have founded American performance art as one of the most influential members of the downtown artistic avant-garde. Despite this, Smith's work has remained largely unknown -- until now.

A Neville Wakefield-curated exhibition at Barbara Gladstone gallery -- 12 recently restored films, a selection of drawings, collages and never-seen-before material -- restores Smith's fundamental and seminal role in the avant-garde. His films refer to the kitsch and orientalism of Hollywood B movies, as he presents himself as an "Exotic Consultant" who navigates between occult situations and colorful visions.

Through the show, we discover Smith in various attires: fakir, Lawrence of Arabia, Sinbad the Sailor, a sexually ambigous vampire.... His personality travels through fantastic characters, sometimes of both genders, pushing further the boundaries between personality, abandon and imagination.

A great influence on Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, David Byrne and Lou Reed, perhaps he was the first American artist capture his own ego fantasy, which remains a mystery to this day, using photography and film.

Jack Smith
"Thanks for Explaining Me"
May 6 - June 16, 2011

GLADSTONE GALLERY
515 W 24th St.
New York, NY 10011

Robert Mapplethorpe: 50 Americans

 

Americans Select Their Favorite Robert Mapplethorpe Photographs

by Marina Galperina via Flavorwire

A citizen from each state in the country picked a Robert Mapplethorpe photograph from an archive of 2000 for a fascinating exhibit that opens at the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York. A California artist is attracted to nostalgia (and Blondie’s Deborah Harry). A New York domestic abuse prosecutor is drawn in by a Mapplethorpe model’s vulnerability, while a Kentuckian is intoxicated by the “sexual quality” of his flowers. They come from diverse ages, races, occupations, backgrounds and familiarity of Mapplethorpe’s work, but together they re-contextualize his legendary oeuvre for the 21st century.

Robert Mapplethorpe
50 Americans
May 7 - June 18, 2011

Sean Kelly Gallery
528 West 29th Street
New York, NY 10001

Image: Deborah Harry, 1978. Copyright Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.

Legend of Hedgehog Boy by Rene Capone

The Legend of Hedgehog Boy
A graphic novel by Rene Capone

A wise cracking disgruntled teddy bear, a strong willed boy and a magical journey to save a kidnapped friend, complete with magic unicorn. Join Hedgehog Boy as he marches on forward against all odds through a place called "Sugar Valley". Accompanied by Chip the orphaned mail man, Flower Diamond, the oracle of the imagined dreamscape and one seriously powerful drag queen named Mrs. Vera. Can these four friends help hedgehog Boy conquer his hateful arch enemy? Can they rescue rescue Kitty from an evil scheme that threatens the very balance of Sugar Valley? Read and find out ...
 
San Francisco artist Rene Capone tells the story of an abused child who rejects the role of victim and enters an alternate reality where he sets off on a dangerous adventure of revenge, self discovery, and ultimately love. Told in part from the artists own experiences, this is an unapologetically queer graphic novel with emotional depth and imagination. It unfolds like a love letter to any lost child who ever needed a friend ... in three chapters.


220 first edition copies signed and numbered by the artist.

Read more or order your copy here.

David King @ Inclusions Gallery

David King

Recent Works in Collage

May 14 – June 19, 2011

Reception: Saturday May 14 from 6-8 pm

Inclusions Gallery

627 Cortland, San Francisco

David King’s work explores his profound interest in the metaphysical – the underlying or fundamental interconnectedness of things. In his abstract work, it is difficult to determine if the forms are to be read a microcosmic or macrocosmic; are we looking at a cell cluster or a planetary body? His narrative pieces are created to be visually beautiful, intellectually stimulating, and sometimes humorous. All of his collages are constructed in the traditional, cut-and-paste method and have an obsessive attention to detail.

David’s work has been shown in Europe and across the U.S., including venues such as Artist’s Space in New York, The Soap Factory in Minneapolis and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and The Lab in San Francisco. He was recently an artist-in-residence at the San Francisco Dump, and he is also the recipient of an artist’s grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.

Don't Miss Out - VAVA VOOM Tix & Raffle Prizes

VAVA VOOM
Monday May 16 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Honoring
Geoffrey Hendricks presented by William Pope.L
Brent Sikkema presented by Hilton Als
Richard Renaldi presented by Lesley A. Martin
 
TICKETS
Purchase tickets HERE or contact Visual AIDS (212) 627-9855


RAFFLE · $100 ea.
Purchase raffle tickets in advance or at the event.  Need not be present to win.


Oliver Peoples sunglasses · 3 men and 3 women frames (valued at $2,400)


New York Health & Racquet Club · 1 year membership (valued at $1,590)


HUGO BOSS $1,000 shopping spree


commissioned portrait by Richard Haines · 11x14 mixed media portrait (valued at $1,000)

A NIGHT OF CABARET
Justin Vivian Bond with Nath Ann Carrera
Phoebe Legere 
Hosted by John Fugelsang
DJ Senti-mental
and "Fair & Honest Appraisals of Your Appearance" by The Bumbys

The Park
118 Tenth Avenue NYC

Patrick Webb: Night & Day

Patrick Webb
New York City Preview of
Night & Day
 
Open studio:  Saturday May 21 , 2011, 1-6PM
37-24 24th Street #405, LIC , NY 11101


Night & Day exhibition opening at
Julie Heller Gallery East
465 Commercial Street, Provincetown
August 12 - 25, 2011
Reception: Friday, August 12, 7:30 PM

VAVA VOOM: A peek at A Night of Cabaret Performers and Host

VAVA VOOM - A Night of Cabaret featuring:

Justin Vivian Bond with Nath Ann Carrera

Phoebe Legere

Hosted by John Fugelsang

Monday May 16 at The Park

A Night of Cabaret with Justin Vivian Bond & Phoebe Legere

A NIGHT OF CABARET
Justin Vivian Bond with Nath Ann Carrera
Phoebe Legere
Hosted by John Fugelsang

Monday May 16, 2011 • 6:00 – 9:00 PM 

The Park • 118 Tenth Avenue NYC
 

Justin Vivian Bond with Nath Ann Carrera
A singer, songwriter, Tony-nominated performer, painter and author,  Mx Justin Vivian Bond has been writing, starring in and producing theatrical, cabaret and art events internationally for 20 years. In April 2011 Mx Bond released v's first full-length solo recording Dendrophile on Whimsy Records. This coming September The Feminist Press will publish Justin's novella-length memoir "Tango, My Childhood Backwards and in High Heels."

Phoebe Legere, Transmedia Gay Artist, is a composer, pianist, accordionist; painter, poet, and  film maker. Legere's composition  “Marilyn Monroe” (Island Records) was a college radio hit. She opened for David Bowie on his national tour. In 2003, Phoebe Legere invented a wearable computer "The Rap Shoes" for disabled children. She was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for The Waterclown and won a NYSCA grant to write a Native American multi-media musical called The Queen of New England. She has done thousands of Live Art Performances including Shame, Depravity and Lesbianism in the Twilight of a Dying Civilization. Legere's new CD, Ooh La La Coq Tail is a Musette/Gypsy Jazz mix of French and English. 


John Fugelsang is currently Off-Broadway in 'Laughing Liberally' and recently returned from performing for US Troops in Haiti & El Salvador.  He appeared on “Politically Incorrect” more than 20 times and Bill Maher called him “one of my favorite comedians."   He's a 2-time MACC winner and his Off-Broadway solo show “ALL THE WRONG REASONS” was nominated for the Drama League's 'Distinguished Performer Award.'  Credits include 'CSI,' 'Becker,' 'Coyote Ugly,' hosting 'America's Funniest Home Videos' & VH1 Specials with Paul McCartney and George Harrison.  He's a regular on HLN's 'The Joy Behar Show' and Progressive Talk's 'The Stephanie Miller Show.'

 

The Bumbys Anonymous New York performance artists Gill & Jill Bumby provide “Fair and Honest Appraisals of Your Appearance” with nothing more than their manual typewriters and charming wit. It's as simple as it sounds - you stand front and center and they type you a personalized assessment of how they think you look. They have been featured in ELLE Magazine, V Magazine, Time Out New York, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and the New York Times.

Music by DJ Senti-mental

HONORING

Geoffrey Hendricks presented by William Pope.L
Brent Sikkema presented by Hilton Als
Richard Renaldi presented by Lesley A. Martin

TICKETS
(Seating is limited.  Get your tickets today!)
• $4,000 Table for 8 + eight raffle tickets
• $2,000 Table for 4 + four raffle tickets
• $500 Patron includes preferred seating + one raffle ticket
• $275 Friend general seating
• $175 Artist or HIV+ Friend limited (Sponsored by HUGO BOSS)

RAFFLE · $100 ea.
Oliver Peoples sunglasses · 3 men and 3 women frames (valued at $2,400)
New York Health & Racquet Club · 1 year membership (valued at $1,590)
HUGO BOSS $1,000 shopping spree
commissioned portrait by Richard Haines · one 11x14 mixed media portrait (valued at $500)

PURCHASE tickets HERE or contact Visual AIDS (212) 627-9855

Hunter Reynolds: Survival AIDS exhibition and symposium

Hunter Reynolds
Survival AIDS

May 1 – June 5, 2011
Symposium: Saturday, May 7  from 7:30-9:30 PM
Performance by Hunter Reynolds to follow

Participant Inc. 
253 East Houston, NYC
 

Symposium: Witnessing “Survival AIDS” presented by Visual AIDS will examines how HIV/AIDS reconfigured/reconfigures queer identify formation and contemporary visual and performance art. Presentations by David Deitcher, Nathan Lee, Virginia Solomon, and Anthony Viti. Detail here.

Read about Hunter Reynolds in the Huffington Post

Albert Winn: Summer Joins the Past

Albert Winn

Summer Joins the Past

May 19 - August 14, 2011

Reception: May 19, 6pm - 8pm

The Open Lens Gallery 

401 South Broad Street

Philadelphia, PA 19147

Photographer Albert Winn's haunting photographs of closed and abandoned Jewish summer camps offer a commentary on memory and loss. 

John Neff Prints Robert Blanchon - Chicago

John Neff Prints Robert Blanchon

May 18 - June 25, 2011
Reception: June 4, 6-9pm

Golden

3319 N. Broadway St., Chicago IL 60657
Wednesday – Saturday 12pm-6pm and by appointment

Equal parts exhibition and performance, John Neff Prints Robert Blanchon will be in process at Golden Gallery from May 18 to June 25, 2011. The show will revolve around Blanchon's 1995 photo-based conceptual work Untitled (aroma / 1981), a collection of advertisements for queer sex products selected by Blanchon from pre-AIDS gay publications. The images are presented as delicate sepia prints, and were intended to be printed - and slowly fade away - with every showing. Since Blanchon's death in 1999, the negatives he made for Untitled have disappeared; however, an assortment of the supposedly ephemeral prints (crafted in the 2000's for a catalogue) survives. For this two stage exhibition, Neff will first display the extant posthumously printed components of Untitled and then, within the gallery space, use those remnants to recreate negative transparencies and - this time unfixed and sure to fade - sepia prints. Additional components of the project will include Blanchon's 1998 Glass Horse, a copy-and-print stand by Neff based on that sculpture and a modified, limited edition, bookwork altering the Robert Blanchon catalog published by Visual AIDS in 2006.

John Neff will be performing, in print and process, the project on two dates during the exhibition: May 21st and 28th from 1-4pm. All interested parties are invited to attend.

Maxime Angel - Let My Eyes Be Your Mirror

 

Maxime Angel
Let My Eyes Be Your Mirror

May 11 - June 17, 2011
Reception: Tuesday May 10 from 6 - 8 pm

Centre for Recent Drawing
Highbury Station Road, Highbury Islington, London

Through a highly physical and performative relationship to her drawing practice, Maxime Angel mines a deep held fascination with human sexuality and mortality in her intensely beautiful yet disturbing works on paper and card.  The fragile nature of the medium reflects the works powerful grasping for fleeting beauty, as young vitality morphs into decay. Angel deploys these images as a metaphor for AIDS and our constant slide towards death, although she regards the act of drawing as itself a way propagate life, a Dorian Grey like exorcism of the inevitable.

Maxime Angel will be working on a large site specific drawing in the gallery space in the weeks leading up to the show.  Visitors are encourage to watch Angel’s process on April 28-30th and May 5-7th from 12-6 pm. The show is curated by Paul Kindersley.

Necrocapital: AIDS in the Age of Surplus Value

Necrocapital: AIDS in the Age of Surplus Value

Necrocapital is an installation created by Eric Stanley and Jason Fritz that brings together the HIV/AIDS pandemic, global capital, and the work of death. In conversation with the ghosted histories of AIDS art and current writing on biopolitics, we question our silent cohabitation of a world where life is predicated upon access to cash.  Through the abundance of American deco design and the everydayness of medication, Necrocapital wants to more than aestheticize the death-worlds of pharmaceutical accumulation, it seeks to obliterate them.

Installation April 14- May 31, 2011
Film program May 26, 2011 7pm

Artists' Television Access 
992 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110

Jason Fritz is an interdisciplinary artist whose work shuttles between performance, installation, and disaster.

Eric Stanley is a filmmaker, academic, and radical queer activist currently organizing with Gay Shame and Critical Resistance.