In the Curator’s
Statement:
As a young country
boy out in the Midwest I'd always get into trouble for bringing
dirt inside the house. It wasn't just mud -- sometimes I
was getting a bar of soap stuck in my mouth by my very Christian
God-fearing father. They used to call me Scotty Potty. I
couldn't help it; I liked everything dirty, even my big
brother's dirty [gay] porn magazines...
When I was invited
to curate a Web show for Visual AIDS, I was excited to research
the extensive slide library to see who and what I could
find that would inspire me. I chose some artists whose works
have influenced my own and also looked for artists new to
me.
b i o g r a p h y
Scott Hug received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute
of Chicago and a master's in communication design from Pratt
Institute. Hug's work has been featured at John Connelly Presents,
Deitch Projects, White Box, D'Amelio Terras, and Greene Naftali,
all in New York.
His work has also appeared at gallerie du jour agnes b. in
Paris, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam and Hiromi Yoshii
Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. His work has been reviewed in The New
York Times and has appeared in the New Art Examiner and Zingmagazine.
He was awarded a Rema Hort Mann grant in 2004.
Every
month, Visual AIDS invites guest curators,
drawn from both the arts and AIDS communities, to select several
works from the Frank Moore Archive Project.
Founded in 1988 by arts professionals as a response to the
effects of AIDS on the arts community and as a way of organizing
artists, arts institutions, and arts audiences towards direct
action, Visual AIDS has evolved into an arts organization
with a two-pronged mission: 1) Through the Frank Moore Archive
Project, the largest slide library of work by artists living
with HIV and the estates of artists who have died of AIDS,
Visual AIDS historicizes the contributions of visual artists
with HIV while supporting their ability to continue making
art and furthering their professional careers, 2) In collaboration
with museums, galleries, artists, schools, and AIDS service
organizations, Visual AIDS produces exhibitions, publications,
and events utilizing visual art to spread the message “AIDS
IS NOT OVER.”
The Body
is now the most frequently visited HIV/AIDS-related site on
the Web, according to the Medical Library Association and
also the most frequently visited disease-specific site on
the Web, according to Hot 100. The Body contains a rich collection
of information on topics ranging from HIV prevention, state-of-the-art
treatment issues, humor and art. An invaluable resource, The
Body is used by clinicians, patients and the general public.
Part of The Body's mission is to enable artistic expression
to reach the Web, and to join art with other resources needed
to help the public comprehend the enormity and devastation
of the AIDS pandemic and to experience its human and spiritual
dimensions. |
