Amyl Nitrite,

Hal Fischer

Amyl Nitrite,, 197761 x 76.2cmSign in to view price
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carbon pigment printProject Native Informant
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This black-and-white photograph depicts a close-up profile of a man's face. The subject has a pensive expression, with his hand resting on his chin in a contemplative gesture. The textual overlay on the image provides some context, referencing "Amyl Nitrite" - a chemical compound with historical associations to recreational drug use. The stark, documentary-style photography and the inclusion of this text suggest the piece may be commenting on counter-cultural or subversive themes, though its precise artistic intention remains open to interpretation. ...

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Hal Fischer
Artist
Hal Fischer
B.1950, American

Hal Fischer is a San Francisco-based artist who works in photography, text and performance. One of the prominent figures of American conceptual photography of the 1970s, his work is documentation and celebration of "the gay universe", which was San Francisco's Castro and Haight-Ashbury districts for Fischer. His series, such as Gay Semiotics and 18th Near Castro Street x 24, are projects consisting of photo texts documenting cruising gay men in the city's streets. The writing over the black and white photographs of men in Gay Semiotics reveals a "hanky code", signs that indicate one's sexual preference and that are visible to all but can only be seen by the members of the gay community. Fischer's photography is quiet in its everydayness; it is unapologetic in its honesty, overflowing with 1970s Pride. Born in 1950, US, Hal Fischer's four-decade-long career spans across photography, art criticism and museum management. His work is part of collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art New York and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. His usage of photo-text medium is one of the pioneering projects merging conceptual photography with linguistic structuralist movement. ...

Hal Fischer: Artworks
Gay Semiotics
Boy-Friends
Civic Center
Hal FischerCivic Center, 1979
47.5 x 57.5 x 2.7cm
Cheap Chic Homo
Gag Mask,
Leather Apparal,
Amyl Nitrite,
Submission,
Dominance,
Earring,
Keys,
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Handkerchiefs,
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Project Native Informant

Contemporary art gallery established in 2013 with a strong interest in expanded institutional critique. Project Native Informant works with 16 artists and collectives, producing 5-6 exhibitions per year and hosting performances, concerts, talks and events.

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