Event Date
Tuesday, March 9 2010 : 6:00pm – 8:00pmLocation
The CenterDescription
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Reception 6PM, Program 6:30PM
Second Tuesdays presents painter Branden Wallace and the Comfort of Men
Second Tuesdays is proud to present Branden Charles Wallace discussing his work The Comfort of Men, now being exhibited at the Center. The discussion will be lead by author Perry Brass.
On the panel will also be Mr. Bruce Donelley, Filmmaker and creator of up coming documentary on masculinity. Mr. Peter Drake, Artist and Dean of Students of the New York Academy of Arts, Mr. Jerry Kajpust MA, from the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation (and the coming Manly Art of Seduction Workshop on April 29), Mr. Philip F. Clark from The Art Point blog, who recently profiled Branden's paintings.
About The Comfort of Men
In December 2008 brothers Diego and José Sucuzhañay were walking arm in arm on a Bushwick street. Their fraternal intimacy--commonplace in their Ecuadorian homeland--was mistaken for a blatant homosexual display, an angering public affront. The brothers were attacked, beaten mercilessly, and José died.
Masculinity is a social construct. Its definition is fluid, shape-shifting through time, geography, ethnicity, social strata and race. Today, they push masculinity up against intimacy, an exercise that rattles most even in this hyper-sexualized society...at least when the subjects are men. But it is not the “sexual” that Branden Wallace lays bare on his canvases. It is the relationships that men allow, enjoy and deny with other men. The intimacies that exist between fathers and sons, brothers, partners, life-long friends and someday, perhaps, even spouses.
The paintings hanging here leave it up to the viewer to gauge the relationship depicted. Wallace is not commenting on masculine intimacy. He is witnessing it, exposing it, liberating it, recording it and ultimately, promoting it. He doesn’t break the boundaries of male bonding; he delineates them, and leaves it up to us--and time--to erase them. Contact Artist at BCarts@brandenwallace.com for any commission work.
Price
$10
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Tickets can be purchased at the door.
