Wrightwood 659
Daniel Goldstein ‘The Marks We Leave Behind’ an Exhibit for World AIDS Day @ Wrightwood 659 Gallery
On December 1st the Wrightwood 659 Gallery in Chicago is commemorating WORLD AIDS DAY with a new exhibit ‘The Marks We Leave Behind.’ Its the iconic “Icarian Series” by San Francisco-based artist and HIV/AIDS activist Daniel Goldman and is a memorial in the form of a ghost. The abrasion, sweat, and heat of countless…
Patric McCoy : TAKE MY PICTURE : striking photographic portrayals of gay Black men in the 1980s
One of the very good reasons to make tracks to Chicago next month is to head to Wrightwood 659 to see a new exhibit from Patric McCoy. This Chicago native, retired environmental scientist, traveled around Chicago, often on his bike with his camera. The result is a selection of 50 striking photographic portrayals of…
The First Homosexuals : an Art Exhibit at Wrightwood 659 @ Chicago
First Homosexuals: Global Depictions of a New Identity, 1869-1930, begins in the year 1869, when the word “homosexual” was coined in Europe, inaugurating the idea of same-sex desire as the basis for a new identity category. With more than 100 paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and film clips—drawn from public and private collections around the globe…
