ANTEBELLUM GALLERY

presents

EROTIC PIONEERS

EVENT PICTURE GALLERY:

Opening Night Erotic Pioneers, Nov. 11th, 2005

Fetish Tea Party, August 13th, 2005

Newly opened Antebellum Gallery to curate exhibitions by out-of-the-ordinary artists, host salons and multimedia performances, adds artistic provocation to the new Hollywood.

Specializing in fringe, fetish, and erotic art, Antebellum to feature artists and work that ranges from traditional to the outrageous. Antebellum will host original curated exhibits, new artists, film screenings, tea salons, readings, forums, and performances.

The first public exhibit, titled EROTIC PIONEERS: PAST & PRESENT is scheduled to run from November 11,through February 3 2006. OPENING RECEPTION 7-10PM, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2005. EROTIC PIONEERS: PAST & PRESENT features many well known names in gay erotica such as Tom of Finland, Mel Roberts, Bob Mizer, and others along with exciting contemporary artists including Beau, Peter Berlin, Harry Bush, John Blackburn, Rick Castro, Reed Massengill, Miguel Angel Reyes,Tony Ward, and many others.

Steeped in Victorian nuances–all art is hung on cords, salon style–Antebellum is intended as a casual space for art
and engaging conversation.

The term “antebellum” literally means “before war” and while it commonly refers to a more romantic era, Antebellum Gallery is intended as a hybrid of artistic, cultural, and political iconoclasm.

Other upcoming events include a fetish tea-party, and Fluxion #4 release party and exhibit.

Located at 1643 North Las Palmas Avenue, in the heart of downtown Hollywood.
For more information please contact Rick Castro (by email: rick@rickcastro.com / phone: 323 856 5818) or Mark Harvey (by email: mcharvey@fluxion.net / phone: 323 376 3943).

Antebellum is owned and operated by Rick Castro and Mark Harvey.

RICK CASTRO is an independent filmmaker and photographer. Castro’s work explores the world of fetish and fringes of sex culture. His work has been published in artist editions, exhibitions and institutions worldwide. Rick co-directed and wrote Hustler White and the documentary Plushies & Furries for MTV.

Castro’s photography is in the permanent collections of The Alfred Kinsey Institute and The Tom of Finland Foundation. His books and zines are archived at the UCLA library, and The Leather Museum in Chicago. Castro has photographed portraits of the Dalai Lama, (sipping tea) Gore Vidal, Peter Berlin, Alan Poul (producer of Six Feet Under) and his longtime muse, Tony Ward.
(see www.rickcastro.com for more information.)

MARK HARVEY is a multimedia artist, graphic designer, and photographer. Harvey is the editor/creator of his own infrequently published art and culture
journal Fluxion and a new book imprint, Fluxion Editions (He edited, designed, and published 13 Years of Bondage: The Photography of Rick Castro last year.) Harveys work examines ways people make, and creatively express, meaning in their lives. Antebellum also serves as a base for Fluxion.

Harvey, originally from Richmond, VA., studied Design and Film at Virginia Commonwealth University and received an MFA in photography from the
Maryland Institute, College of Art. Harvey was also the Art Director for The Advocate magazine, and creative director for Fotofactory Press (For which he
co-edited, wrote and designed the monographs California Boys: The Photography of Mel Roberts, and Brian: A Nine Year Photographic Diary).
(see www.fluxion.net for more information.)