In the power of your Care
April 19 through August 12, 2016
Andreas Sterzing, David Wojnarowicz (Silence=Death), 1989/2014. Courtesy of P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York. [Image Description: A black and white photograph of a man pictured from neck up looking directly into the camera. The man’s lips are sewn shut with thread. The needle is only partially visible, pointing towards the man from the right side of the image.]
In the Power of Your Care is an exhibition about health and health care as a human right, and the interdependencies of care in our culture, from personal relationships to government policy. Addressing issues such as the politics of institutionalized care in hospitals and military detention centers, the FDA’s ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, and the challenges posed by medical treatments of cancer and HIV, In the Power of Your Care proposes that health care as a human right can be upheld through community-based efforts and policy change. The exhibition will be on view April 19 to August 12, 2016 at The 8th Floor, the exhibition and programming space for The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, located at 17 West 17th Street, New York City.
In the Power of Your Care features artists caraballo-farman, Jordan Eagles, Pepe Espaliú, Rajkamal Kahlon, Simone Leigh, Ana Mendieta, Mladen Miljanovic, Frank Moore, Carmen Papalia, Hunter Reynolds, Jo Spence, Andreas Sterzing, Sunaura Taylor, Fred Tomaselli, Hannah Wilke, David Wojnarowicz, and Jody Wood, who courageously question how health is defined in our culture, highlighting blind spots in the public policy surrounding care. A common theme connecting many of the works in the exhibition is the unstable definition of physical and mental health, its relationship to beauty, and the illusive nature of being cured.
Installation views of “In the Power of Your Care” at The 8th Floor, April 2016. Photos by Jean Vong. Courtesy of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation.