JAC: gay Toronto art collective - Part 01

http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Do_you_know_JAC-8084.aspx

Alex Liros is a Toronto-based artist and former member of the JAC art collective (1980-1988). Liros worked alongside fellow artists John Grube and Clarence Barnes to produce large-scale group paintings that members worked on simultaneously (the name JAC is an acronym of the artists first names).

Their work details a wide range of themes in Torontos gay community, including the struggle for freedom in the post-bathhouse-raid era, early Pride celebrations, popular gay hangouts, celebrity and sexuality.

For the first time ever, these paintings and dozens of others are available at Xtra.ca, with an audio tour by Liros.

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• alex liros
• john grube
• clarence barnes

[rhelkio]

Thanks JAC!