Ancestry & Artistry
Posted on May 22, 2013 by A&U in Gallery
Photographer Duane Cramer Talks with A&U’s Sean Black About His “Family” Portraits Duane Cramer’s clean, intimate photographic style grew out of an ingrained aesthetic that was planted early on in his childhood psyche by the (photographic) representations of his ancestral lineage. This familial dialogue underscores the diverse collection of creative works by this photographer, activist [...]
Telling Stories
Posted on March 15, 2011 by A&U in Gallery
Rachel Chapple Recruits Artists, Writers—Everyone—for a Conversation About AIDS by Chael Needle Imagination is the path to empathy. That’s the core of a recently launched on-line HIV awareness and prevention campaign called Real Stories Gallery. The not-for-profit Web site brings together visuals and storytelling into an ongoing and ever-changing conversation, one that interlinks diverse geographic regions, [...]
Lifting the Veil
Posted on January 21, 2011 by A&U in Gallery
A New Exhibit Proves It Takes at Least Two to Play Hide and Seek by Chael Needle There’s a danger that “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” currently running at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., will become known as the exhibition whose hosting institution, the Smithsonian, censored a work by an artist [...]
Art & AIDS: Loving Life
Posted on October 9, 2010 by A&U in Gallery
GMHC in partnership with Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation present Art & AIDS: Loving Life, An Exhibition of the Humanity, Spirit and Love of Artists Living with HIV & AIDS. Curated by Osvaldo Perdomo and David Livingston, the exhibition will feature painting, photography and drawing by forty-five artists, including George Towne, Eric Rhein, Shangaboy, Loreen Bryant, [...]
