Down in the Park
Maker
Weston, Kurt
American, b. 1957
Date1983; printed 2018
MediumInkjet print
Dimensionsimage: 21 in x 16 1/4 in; paper: 17 in x 22 in
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2019:37
About the ArtistKurt Weston’s photographic snapshots of the 1980s LGBTQIA underground culture explore sexuality, community, pride, power, and resistance to the socio-political systems in which marginalized communities fall victim to. These photographs are an archive of a generation lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and shed light on the individuals who paved the way so other queer people could live authentically. Kurt Weston is a legally blind photographer who lost his vision to his own AIDS diagnosis. He was close to death; however, a new antiviral medicine saved his life. Weston received his BA from Columbia College Chicago and his MFA in Photography from California State University. His work is in the permanent collection of Museum of Fine Art, Houston, National AIDS Museum, California Museum of Photography, among others.
