Joey Terrill American, b. 1955
Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homos, So Different, So Appealing, 2009 - 2011
Mixed media on canvas, diptych
122 x 305 cm
The mural-sized piece 'Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homos So Different, So Appealing?' is part of a series of Pop Art-inspired still-life paintings in which anti-retroviral drugs and...
The mural-sized piece 'Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homos So Different, So Appealing?' is part of a series of Pop Art-inspired still-life paintings in which anti-retroviral drugs and consumer products are contrasted in a critique of the pharmaceutical industry that profits from AIDS. These large-scale photorealist paintings commemorate lost friends and document the history of alliances the artist cultivated with individuals in social contexts and politicised queer artistic circles.
Exhibitions
CUIR | Curated by Chiachio & Giannone. Virtual exhibition, group show. Isabel Croxatto Galería. January - March 2021.Just What is it That Makes Today’s Homos So Different, So Appealing? - Joey Terrill. ONE Gallery. West Hollywood, CA. USA. 2013.