Dream Makers curated by Wayne Northcross
Every month, Visual AIDS invites guest curators, drawn from both the arts and AIDS communities, to select several works from the Frank Moore Archive Project. This month, Wayne Northcross curates the artwork of Archive Members; David Abbott, Valerie Caris, Luis Carle, Stephen TARO Clark, Bruce Cratsley, Joe DeHoyos, Jimmy DeSana, Ken Goodman, Tim Greathouse, Michael Harwood, Michael Lee, Eduardo Miralles, Luna Luis Ortiz, Rene Santos and Kurt Weston. View WEB GALLERY here*
From the Curator's Statement:
My queer awakening came into focus when at 15,
I chanced upon a Studio 54 blue jean advertisement in the September
1983 issue of GQ magazine. The semi-nude male model was photographed in
profile as he pulls up the tight dark denim. I had never seen an image
of such doggedly brazen sensuality. From that moment, the art of
dressing and the art of creating desire for clothes through erotic
expression have enraptured me. The work I have selected from the Visual AIDS archive made me think of my
particular ah-ha moment and of the artists who were inspired by
seductive dreamscapes the fashion machine produces via fashion
editorial, advertising and the runway. (read more)
About the Curator:
Wayne Northcross was born in Detroit, Mich., where he received a B.A. in Italian Language and Literature before studying law at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. As an independent curator, Northcross has organized exhibitions for Bronx Art Space, The Bronx Museum, The Project Gallery, New York, Venetia Kapernekas Gallery, New York, the Fusebox Festival, Austin, Texas, and Bronx River Arts Center. He has written criticism and essays on gay culture for Gay City News and The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide. As a magazine editor he has contributed contemporary art and fashion editorial features for Vogue Hommes, Out and Esquire. He currently resides in New York City.
image: Michael
Harwood,
Marky on 57th St., 1993
About the Curator:
Wayne Northcross was born in Detroit, Mich., where he received a B.A. in Italian Language and Literature before studying law at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. As an independent curator, Northcross has organized exhibitions for Bronx Art Space, The Bronx Museum, The Project Gallery, New York, Venetia Kapernekas Gallery, New York, the Fusebox Festival, Austin, Texas, and Bronx River Arts Center. He has written criticism and essays on gay culture for Gay City News and The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide. As a magazine editor he has contributed contemporary art and fashion editorial features for Vogue Hommes, Out and Esquire. He currently resides in New York City.
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