Rainbow Ghetto
August 30th, 2007
Join us Saturday, Sept. 8 from 6-10 p.m. for the Rainbow Ghetto group show opening!
Equal parts pop, pomp and circumstance, our show features a wide range of artwork by lots of artists celebrating visual gay culture in New Orleans and beyond.
Don’t miss the screening of V.O., a feature film by L.A.-based artist and archivist William Jones. It is a haunting work that pastiches dramatic (non-sex) clips from classic 70s gay porn with audio excerpts of Bunuel, Genet, and music from European soundtracks. It will be looped, but on opening night only!
Visit The World’s Smallest Disco and dance the night away under the watchful eyes of a playback camera!
Rainbow Ghetto is dedicated to the late Jim Lyons (filmmaker, actor, writer and activist) and will exhibit the script from A Short Film About Andy Warhol, which was to be his debut film, as well as clips of his work.
Keep the fun going at our post-opening party down at Big Daddy’s, including a drag show featuring Rusty LaRue…it’s just around the corner from the gallery on the corner of Royal and Franklin.
Also, I want to mention our Rainbow Ghetto Friday night film series throughout the month of September. The first, on Sept. 14, is A Night of Jim Lyons featuring a screening of Poison (1991) and a reading from A Short Film About Andy Warhol. Details to follow…
ETA: The film series has changed to a one-night event…A Night of Jim Lyons is on Friday, Sept. 28, and will feature a screening of Poison (1991) and a reading from A Short Film About Andy Warhol.
ETA - again: “V.O.” is shown with kind permission of the David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles.
-Amy
