Vincent Cianni: A Survey Exhibition

The exhibition features Visual AIDS Artist Member Vince Cianni’s documentary photographs on issues related to social justice, and civil and human rights. Projects from the 1970s through 2006 are exhibited: East Berlin: And the Wall Came Down, a visual record of events that unfolded after the fall of the Berlin Wall; A Journey Through the Early Years of AIDS, which records the culture, environment, and relationships in the gay community during the early years of the pandemic; We Skate Hardcore: photographs from Brooklyn’s Southside, a nine-year documentary project that examines the lives of in-line skaters in the predominately Hispanic community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where the photographer lived for fifteen years, and Gays in the Military, a visual and audio investigation into the effects of the U.S. military’s gay ban on the lives and careers of LGBT service. In addition, a series of black-and-white photographs and manipulated Polaroid SX-70s from the 1970s and 80s are exhibited to understand the visual basis and sources of subject matter in the photographer’s early work and its impact on later work.

Artist Reception: March 1, 5-7:30 p.m.
Gallery Talk: 5:30 p.m.
Gallery remains open til 9 p.m.