Gregg Bordowitz
dal 13/4/2013 al 13/4/2013
Segnalato da
13/4/2013
Gregg Bordowitz
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
In the life. A reading of works by Gay Black Men from the 1980s and '90s
Artist and writer Gregg Bordowitz will host readings from the literary work of gay, male, African American poets and writers, who chronicled sexuality, illness, and death during the height of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and '90s. Bordowitz will be joined by a diverse group of readers including Ari Banias, John Keene, Rickey Laurentiis, Glenn Ligon, Eileen Myles, Other Countries, Robert Reid-Pharr, and Pamela Sneed to pay tribute to artists such as Donald Woods, Essex Hemphill, Marlon Riggs, and many more. "In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology" was a groundbreaking collection of writing edited by Joseph Beam and published in 1986. The talk is part of "Blues for Smoke", an interdisciplinary exhibition that explores a wide range of contemporary art through the lens of the blues and blues aesthetics.