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Anthony Viti

 
Anthony Viti

American painter
(Rochester, NY, 1961 – )

At time of purchase in 2023: Anthony Viti lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His experience as an activist informs his work as an artist and as an educator. Viti currently teaches art history at the School of Visual Arts to international students and in the first year program at Parsons New School for Design. He also facilitated a monthly visual thinking group developed for a mental health program that serves lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender people. (Source: anthonyviti.com) Anthony's art practice has focused on narratives of body and HIV and resulting sexual subcultures. He uses a variety of media -- painting, sculpture, video, and installation that is both confrontational and high-spirited. Viti has received grants from the Pollock Krasner Foundation, Art Matters, and twice have been a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He had solo exhibitions at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Deven Golden Fine Art, and four paintings are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Viti holds an MFA from Rutgers University. (Source: anthonyviti.com)

1 objects

I&R #42+43

2003
human blood, urine, copper powder, pigment, and varnish on canvas

2023.34.a.-.b