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Francesco Gagliardi

Francesco Gagliardi is an artist and writer based in Toronto.

The Life and Times of Alvin Baltrop

By Francesco Gagliardi

He presents an experience that, in the language of the time, would have been called deviant as something that simply exists in the world on its own terms, and demands that the viewer actively reckon with their response to it.

Alvin Baltrop, The Piers (young man wearing Jockstrap), n.d. (1975-1986). Gelatin silver print, 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Courtesy The Alvin Baltrop Trust, © 2010, Third Streaming, NY, and Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne/New York.
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