ANTEBELLUM BLOG: 29.08.10

9/4/10

P-P-P-PAPARAZZI

as seen by lady gaga making her way thru the crowd on any given night

repost courtesy~ isaiah gaines

ANTEBELLUM TEA

introducing~ ANTEBELLUM TEA~ now available exclusively@ antebellum gallery~

comes in canisters of three with the following blends~

GOLDEN YUNNAN
GENTLEMAN'S TEA
EARL GREY SILVER TIPS

9/3/10

TONY WARD LOVES ME

The newest 10 MAGAZINE, dedicated in entirety to the legend, friend and muse- TONY WARD. tony sets aside some pages for special people in his life and guess who he loves...... ME!
check it out here-

(this is me and our japanese host- PLUM TREE in the sinjuku-ku area of toyko)

the pic is in the center- mid length, and then my legs, back 1998 when i had a broken leg.. the writes says- I LOVE RICKY, ( i used to have a clothing line with this name) i look like hell, but it's a nice/sad little memory.

FETUS YESTERYEAR

Janet M. Barrie, pictured here in 1928 or 1929, is the focus of a police investigation into the discovery of the mummified remains of two infants in a trunk in the basement of a MacArthur Park apartment complex. The purse and fox stole she is wearing in the photo were found in the trunk. Barrie died in 1988.

Los Angeles police Thursday said they’re learning more about two mummified infants discovered in a trunk in a MacArthur Park basement last month. Police believe the remains are from the 1930s.

At LAPD headquarters, Detective Fabian Lizarraga stands next to a blown up photo of a pretty woman in her 20s. She is posing alongside a 1928 Dodge roadster, dressed in a stylish hat and a fur stole.

“We believe it was 1928 or 1929 the picture was taken," he said.

Police have identified the woman as Janet M. Barrie. The purse that she is holding and the fox boa that’s around her shoulders were found in a trunk that contained the mummified remains of a new born and a fetus wrapped in 1930s-era newspapers. The trunk was found in the basement of a MacArthur Park apartment complex last month.
READ MORE-

GET THIS BITCH OUTTA HERE

ARIZONA, GOP GOVENOR, RACIST & TRAIN WRECK- JAN BREWER.

9/2/10

ANTEBELLUM GOES ROUGE

TONIGHT~ ANTEBELLUM GOES ROUGE for opening nite~
IN THE WOMB: death.birth & everything in-between.
the art of SCARLETT ROUGE.

opens~ 6pm til 9pm.

check out our press @ diane pernet's blog

nunzia garaffolo's blog-

artcardsLA

artslant-

papermagazine

9/1/10

MIGUEL IN NEW YORK

my doll of a friend and antebellian artist~ MIGUEL ANGEL REYES recently visited NYC for some glamourous events. check out his photos here~

SIDA

"AIDS 101 -- An Intensive," 1997
Max Greenberg
silver gelatin print, 8" x 10"

this is very intense for me....
i was invited to curate the monthly online gallery for VISUAL AIDS.
initially i was very pleased to do so, then when i began the process during march in NYC, it all came flooding back to me-
that era, (1980s) was so special in shaping my views and who i became. AIDS was a road block, and also a path change for what became my life.

now that the exhibit is done, it hits me between the eyes....
this is so very intense for me.

i am honored to present my online exhibit for VISUAL AIDS, SEPTEMBER 2010.

i would like to thank NELSON SANTOS and his beloved dog- SPARKY.

VISUAL AIDS ONLINE GALLERY- september 2010

SIDA

curator RICK CASTRO

"Fire Island Pines (Detail)," c. 1998
Peter Madero III
silver gelatin print, 8" x 10"

"Shattered," 2001
Max Greenberg
silver gelatin print, 10" x 8"

"Cocktailed," 2001
Max Greenberg
silver gelatin print, 8" x 10"

"Water Sports," 2002
Max Greenberg
silver gelatin print, 20" x 16"

"Master-Love," 1996
Ali
silver gelatin print, 16" x 20"

"Self-Portrait," 2001
John Morrison
silver gelatin print, 14" x 11"

"Bottle in My Window," 1976
Bruce Cratsley
silver gelatin print, 10" x 10"

Untitled, 2003
Max Greenberg
silver gelatin print, 24" x 20"

"Body Heat," 1990
Bruce Cratsley
silver gelatin print, 10" x 10"

"Hand of Tom Brazil," 1990
Bruce Cratsley
silver gelatin print, 10" x 10"

"Margie," 1996
John Dugdale
cyanotype, 10" x 8"

Untitled, 2003
Max Greenberg
silver gelatin print, 24" x 20"

"Flowers," 1998
Donna Haggerty
silver gelatin print, 10" x 8"

"Athletic Love," 1996
John Dugdale
cyanotype, 10" x 8"

"Self-Portrait With Blackeye," 1996
John Dugdale
cyanotype, 10" x 8"

"Man or Woman," c. 1998
Peter Madero III
photography, 8" x 10"

"Heartbread," 1992
Bruce Cratsley
silver gelatin print, 10" x 10"

"Shady Breakfast," 1996
John Dugdale
cyanotype, 10" x 8"

"Portrait of Michael Wilson," 1989
Bern Boyle
photograph, 17" x 11"

SIDA
c u r a t o r : r i c k c a s t r o

Born and raised in LA, I have lived and worked in Los Angeles my entire life. I have traveled all over the world, and even lived in NYC for a short time during the mid-80s, on 14th Street and 10th Avenue, directly across from the infamous VAULT and J's. What was once a bastion of male sex is now a designer label fashion ghetto.

Those were the days ... Life was exciting, sex was fun & kinky, the nightlife was incredible, and anything seemed possible ... I remember when the bomb hit.

Originally and cruelly called, "GAY CANCER" (GRID), the plague swept like wildfire, engulfing everyone in its path and leaving behind devastation and wailing loved ones. AIDS changed everything. I lost so many friends and lovers in a very short time span. I remember being in my early 20s, but going to more funerals than my 60-something parents. One day I expressed to my mother that I didn't know how to deal with all my friends dying. She didn't know how to respond. What was there to say? What could anyone say? It was so overwhelming. Those years seemed hopeless with nothing to look forward to. Eulogy after eulogy. For a while sex did equal death. I was forced into becoming a "goth."

Eventually my generation refused to accept the situation. We fought back. We stood up for ourselves and turned our grief into activism. Perhaps we were the second wave of the gay rights movement, with Stonewall and the Black Cat, (Silver Lake, CA, 1967 -- two years before Stonewall) being the first.

This photographic selection illustrates these feelings. From the carefree days of Studio 54, The Anvil, The NYC Bondage Club, S&M, lust and underground sex encounters, to the impact of illness, sadness, fear, death, melancholy, acceptance, some enlightenment...

I am a 52 year old gay man in America. I am HIV negative. I'm not stating this to impose superiority, but to state for the record that I'm a survivor of an era when anything was possible, but many did not make it. I am a witness to my long gone lovers and friends. I pay tribute to them by surviving as their memory and voice. During the 70s and 80s, I witnessed heaven, hell and redemption. In the 90s anger and inspiration. The 21st century will bring me peace, warm friends and a nice cuppa tea.

i dedicate this exhibit to the lovers & friends i personally lost~

JOEY NAPIERKOWSKI
GEORGE. (mommie) BYRON
JOHN ALVIN "SLAIGHT"
RICHARD "wanada" COLEMAN
MUNDO MEZA
AL BABAYAN
MARCO DE GUEITZEL
SCOTT DIRNAVICH
MIGUEL BERISTAIN
CLIFF DILLER
ROBERT WOODS
PETER CASE
FRED MADDOX
JOHN YOUNG
CHRIS CUFFS
DAVID WELLS
DANIEL ELTINGE
CHRISTOPHER RAGE
BRAD BRAVERMAN

view the exhibit- more HERE-

b i o g r a p h y
Rick Castro is a filmmaker, photographer and curator living in Los Angeles.
Rick's work explores the world of fetish and fringes of sex culture. His work has been published in artist editions, exhibitions and institutions worldwide.
In 2005, Rick opened ANTEBELLUM gallery. This groundbreaking gallery is considered the only fetish art galley in America, and perhaps the world.

TRAVIS AS CRUSH

(photo- jack pierson)

if you are lucky enough to be in NYC on september 8th, check out the premiere party for CRUSHFANZINE # 5
dedicated to obsession of the month- TRAVIS LEE HANSON

CRUSHfanzine
Issue #5
“Travis Lee Hanson”
It's Not Love. It's A Crush

Reception: Wednesday, September 8th
7:30-10pm

HighBar
251 West 48th Street (bet 7&8th)
NYC, NY 10036

CONTRIBUTORS:
Jack Pierson
Sue de Beer
Tim Hailand
Scott Hug
Rick Castro
Alissa Bennett
Tim Goossens
Miguel Villalobos
Frederick McKindra
Patricia Ghijens Ezcurdia
Fixx Invictus
Gordon West
Frank J Miles
Aaron Tilford
Andre Landeros Michel
Henri Draws
Wendy Rich
Ashley Poland
Mason Scherer
Josh McNey
Martyn Thompson
Jarrah Gurrie

crushfanzine available @ antebellum, pre-order now!

antebellum@earthlink.net

8/31/10

PIN UP~ FROM YESTERYEAR

Duncan Grant 1885-1978 by Mark Dylan Sieber

One of the UK’s more important 20th century artists, DUNCAN GRANT was also the sexual catalyst within the Bloomsbury Circle … sparking both a complexity of relationships and design directions.

8/30/10

HOLLYWOOD HIGH

oh wow!.. i remember this song like it was yesterday, but it was actually 35 YEARS AGO!!
HOLLYWOOD HIGH by the disco band- THE ELEVENTH HOUR, circa 1975, this song was the anthem for the summer of 75.

courtesy my longtime doll of a friend- YVONNE PEREZ

RICK CASTRO @ ANTEBELLUM

here's a great pic of me & my photography @ my art gallery~ ANTEBELLUM by ANDREW J. EPSTEIN, from his upcoming book- ARTIST WITH THEIR WORK.
my classic portrait of TONY WARD is on my right side.

here are more portraits from AJ's upcoming book~