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DOLLS :an extraordinary exhibit from British multi-disciplinary artist JOHN LEE BIRD
John Lee Bird is a British multi-disciplinary artist whose work incorporates large-scale paintings, mixed-media collages and drawings, sound and video work, children’s books, and textiles. His work is defined by his distinctive use of line. His latest project DOLLS resulted in an extraordinary exhibition that justb enjoyed a 5 day run at UGLY DUCK in…
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‘Claiming Space’ a series of self-portraits by queer trans pop artist JJ QUINN
Queerguru first met JJ Quinn at the Art Gaysel Show at Hotel Gaythering, Miami Beach last Fall. He is a trans queer pop artist who lives and works in Manhattan, NY. A midwestern transplant, he made the move to the city for all the reasons so many others do – to be immersed in…
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Declan Bennett talks about his one man play BOY OUT THE CITY @ Edinburgh Festival Fringe
We all had different approaches/ideas of how to survive The Covid Lockdown and in the case of queer Brit actor/performer/musician DECLAN BENNETT he left the bright lights of the big city and move to the smallest village he could find in the English countryside. Once there in his isolation, Bennett was forced to…
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Ron Amato : Playing in The Sunlight : Provincetown 1999-2022
Ron Amato has been making photographs since his childhood in Brooklyn, NY. His early influences were fashion and portrait photographers Richard Avedon, Robert Mapplethorpe and Francesco Scavullo. Much of Amato’s work centers on issues of sexual identity. His ‘recent work centers around issues of aging in the Gay community, diverse images of male beauty,…
