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SUMMARY:Tom Bianchi book signing\, Fire Island Pines: Polaroids\, 1975-1983
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a book signing with photographer Tom Bianchi for his recent book: \nFire Island Pines: Polaroids\, 1975-1983\nPublished by Damiani\nEdited by Ben Smales. Introduction by Edmund White. Text by Tom Bianchi. \nGrowing up in the 1950s\, Tom Bianchi would head into downtown Chicago and pick up 25-cent “physique” magazines at newsstands. In one such magazine\, he found a photograph of bodybuilder Glenn Bishop on Fire Island. “Fire Island sounded exotic\, perhaps a name made up by the photographer\,” he recalls in the preface to his latest monograph. “I had no idea it was a real place. Certainly\, I had no idea then that it was a place I would one day call home.” In 1970\, fresh out of law school\, Bianchi began traveling to New York\, and was invited to spend a weekend at Fire Island Pines\, where he encountered a community of gay men. Using an SX-70 Polaroid camera\, Bianchi documented his friends’ lives in the Pines\, amassing an image archive of people\, parties and private moments. These images\, published here for the first time\, and accompanied by Bianchi’s moving memoir of the era\, record the birth and development of a new culture. Soaked in sun\, sex\, camaraderie and reverie\, Fire Island Pines conjures a magical bygone era. \n  \n\nTom Bianchi was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago and graduated from Northwestern University School of Law in 1970. He became a corporate attorney\, eventually working with Columbia Pictures in New York\, painting and drawing on weekends. His artwork came to the attention of Betty Parsons and Carol Dreyfuss and they gave him his first one-man painting show in 1980. In 1984\, he was given his first solo museum exhibition at the Spoleto Festival. After Bianchi’s partner died of AIDS in 1988\, he turned his focus to photography\, producing Out of the Studio\, a candid portrayal of gay intimacy. Its success led to producing numerous monographs\, including On the Couch\, Deep Sex\, and In Defense of Beauty. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:The Bureau's 1st Birthday!
DESCRIPTION:On November 15\, 2012 the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division was born at Strange Loop Gallery. Let us now celebrate the first anniversary of this momentous event! Following the book signing with Tom Bianchi please stick around for the party! Featuring performances by Buzz Slutzky and Stephen Boyer at 9. And then we will dance to DJ Dandylion‘s beats! \n  \n \nBuzz Slutzky is a Brooklyn-based artist\, writer\, and curator. Buzz works in a range of media\, particularly in drawing\, video\, and performance. They are a former Curator of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History\, and currently work as a student and Research Assistant in the Parsons MFA Fine Arts program. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College\, Buzz’s work has been shown at La Mama’s SQUIRTS: New Voices in Queer Performance\, The MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival\, Dixon Place\, and Ed. Varie Gallery. Their projects have been written about by Artforum.com\, The Huffington Post\, TimeOut NY\, and NEXT Magazine. Buzz’s collaboration with LJ Roberts The Queer Houses of Brooklyn is the permanent collection of the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. \n  \nStephen Boyer\, photograph by Amos Mac\nStephen Boyer is a writer\, performer\, curator\, painter\, activist\, etc…. best known for working in porn\, working to compile the Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology\, and for their novel Parasite\, available at the Bureau. Form more Stpehn\, visit Stephen’s blog Minor Progression. \n  \n \nDJ Dandylion \nVisit Dandylion’s website spintuition.com \n  \n  \n 
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