#JoeyTerrill @homeboybeautiful will b one of the #artists discussing #gender non-essentialism in #latinx art @laplazala this Thursday. ***Joey Terrill is a 2nd generation native Angeleno, who has been painting and making art for over 30 years. Terrill’s work combines influences ranging from his love of pop art to Mexican retablos and 20th century painters ranging from Romaine Brooks to Frida Kahlo, as well as the energy, politics and creative synergy of Chicano and queer art circles in Los Angeles. The sources and images for most of his work have been autobiographical, whether painting, collage, silkscreen or drawing. Friends, family, lovers and self-portraits are the visual sources for the pictures he paints. Terrill’s work was highlighted in LACMA’s 'ASCO: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective, 1972–1987', a part of the 2011-2012 Getty’s Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980. In 2013, Terrill’s work was featured in a solo retrospective exhibition presented by the One Archives Gallery and Museum in Los Angeles, titled, 'Joey Terrill: Just What Is It About Today’s Homos That Makes Them So Different, So Appealing?' which featured Terrill’s seminal mail-art magazine 'Homeboy Beautiful (1978-79).' The retrospective also presented Terrill’s 'Still Life' series that explores the pharmaceutical industry and the normalization of living with HIV/AIDS. Utilizing the language of 1960s pop art, 'Still Life' places HIV drugs alongside mainstream consumer products depicted within a domestic space that hints at both Chicana/o and queer culture. Terrill’s paintings question the rapid cultural change found in both the LGBTQ community and wider public regarding HIV/AIDS.
