User:Lquilter/drafts/Sur Rodney (Sur)

Sur Rodney (Sur) (born Dec. 28, 1954) is an African-Canadian avant-garde filmmaker and contemporary artist, associated with the "celebrated" Gracie Mansion Gallery (1983-88).


 * Co-curated "NOT OVER: 25 Years of Visual AIDS" (2013) with Rafael Sanchez, Charles Long, Derek Jackson


 * 1982-88 - Gracie Mansion Gallery
 * Blackheart Collective
 * Kenkeleba House - dedicated to exhibitions "by African-American, Latino, Asian-American, and Native American artists"
 * Visual AIDS
 * HUNG (zine / papers) with Derek Jackson


 * " Sur is an Lower East Side legend who excused himself from working at Gracie Mansion (gallery) to care for his friends who were dying of AIDS in the 80s. "


 * "Sur Rodney (Sur) Considering Black Art in the Age of AIDS", originally published by City College of New York, reposted and available at Visual AIDS, Feb. 3, 2014
 * Elastic City
 * biography