GAYLETTER

Thanks to GAYLETTER I’m constantly learning about new people, artists and things. It’s a nice perk of writing a weekly newsletter — constantly improving my queer education. For instance, I got an email from Brian Clamp from ClampArt gallery about this new show featuring this Venezuelan born artist, who photographs strippers, Jan Rattia, (I trust Brian’s taste in art, so I always pay attention). I was like oh, a Latino photographer for a change, you know I love supporting my people. I’ve never looked at Jan’s work before, but I am so into it. “Jan Rattia spent nearly two years traveling the Unites States — from Washington DC to Atlanta, Miami to Phoenix, and back to New York City — in order to photograph members of a singular and largely misunderstood fraternity: male strippers. Rattia addresses the often-fascinating dichotomy of the men who create fantasy personas for stuffed cash, and those same men who call their mothers for advice, go home to their wives (or boyfriends), and put themselves through college or medical school.” This is the opening day for this exhibition. There’s no opening party for it, but they’ll have a closing party on May 21st — Go and shut her down.  —Abi