HIDE/SEEK: From DC to the Brooklyn Museum

What the National Portrait Gallery couldn't show, the Brooklyn Museum sure can -- David Wojnarowicz's film, which was removed from the exhibit in Washington last year will round out the exhibit HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture which opens tomorrow and runs through February 12, 2012.

As previously noted here, Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn's author was acquainted with the late Mr. Wojnarowicz back in the late 70s and early 80s as fellow employees at the old Bookmasters chain in Manhattan.  I also was fortunate to maintain a correspondence with DW during his stay in Paris and after. David, born in NJ, was, at one point, a Brooklyn resident.

Although David's work, "A Fire in My Belly" will certainly obtain a lot of attention, I am looking forward to seeing this full exhibit with its focus on "the underdocumented role that sexual identity has played in the making of modern art, and highlights the contributions of gay and lesbian artists to American art."

A previous link to the film appeared here.

--Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn