VISUAL ARTS

    Brian Weil

    Brian Weil

    Presented by Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)

    February 6-March 31, 2013


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    This exhibition is a timely examination of the work of Brian Weil (1954-1996), an artist who used photography as a deeply unsteadying form of engagement with crime, insular subcultures, and the global politics of AIDS. As a member of ACT UP and the founder of New York City’s first needle exchange, Weil made photographs that were inextricably tied to his activist practice. His process was one of intense immersion in liminal, often invisible communities. People struggling through the emerging AIDS pandemic, Hasidim in Williamsburg and the Catskills, homicide scenes in Miami, S&M practitioners, and members of nascent transgender support groups are the subjects of his heavily reworked, remediated images.This exhibition at ICA is the first major monographic retrospective of Weil’s work in fourteen years.
     


    • At-a-
      Glance

      • Venue Info

        Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)

        S. 36th Street and Sansom Street
        University of Pennsylvania
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        FREE

        Info Phone: 215 898-7108

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        February 6-March 31, 2013

        Times:

        Wednesday, 11am - 8pm

        Thursday and Friday, 11am - 6pm

        Saturday and Sunday, 11am - 5pm

        Monday and Tuesday, closed.

      • Accessibility Info

          Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.