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Mixed Messages: Visual AIDS at La MaMa

Mixed Messages: A(I)DS, Art + Words

June 2 – July 3, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 2 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM 

La MaMa La Galleria 
6 E. 1st Street New York City

Mixed Messages: A(I)DS, Art + Words curated by John Chaich for Visual AIDS, presents over forty text-based works by visual artists and designers whose reactions to and connections through HIV/AIDS reflect the contemporary moment’s tenor on the pandemic. From painting to print, sculpture   and installation, the featured works juxtapose publicly intended messages with deeply personal revelations, which are at once polemic and poetic, positive and negative, both in tone and form.  Featuring the artwork of over 40 artists and designers, including General Idea, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Gran Fury, Deborah Kass, Glenn Ligon, Yoko Ono, Jack Pierson, Kay Rosen, David Wojnarowicz, andRob Wynne. and............ Paul Chisholm !!!!!! 

Mixed Messages Events:  
Sunday June 12 from 4 – 6 PM  • Free
Mixed Messengers Talk is a panel discussion featuring the creative teams behind recent HIV prevention campaigns, including: Kevin O’Malley of NYC’sGayMeth.org and of the WHAT MAKES YOU STRONG? campaign by Stop AIDS Project, San Francisco; Chuck Pollard, Creative Director of L’Oreal Salon Products Division, who recently helped launch the international campaignHairdressers Against AIDS; and Stephen Karpiak, PhD, Associate Director for Research at the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America, who is leading research and campaigns addressing the rise of HIV in the aging community. Moderated by Kenyon Farrow, Co-editor of Letters from Young Activists.  Hosted at La MaMa La Galleria.

Wednesday June 29 
The Heat Is On! - An evening of cutting edge performances to benefit Visual AIDS. Hosted at La MaMa La Galleria.  Suggested donation.  7– 10 PM
Mixed Messages Closing Party hosted by Bassment at King’s Cross, 356 Bowery, featuring resident DJs Jools Palmer and Mandy Graves + special guests.  10 PM on

image: James Jaxxa, TAKE/NEED/FEAR/JUNK, 2010, mixed media

Mixed Messages will be on view in June 2011 at
La MaMa La Galleria in NYC.
The exhibition is sponsored by Visual AIDS and curated by John Chaich.

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