David Bethuel Jamieson Mermaid, 1987 Oil, Acrylic, Collage, Woodblock
print, Driftwood, Stone on Canvas 72"×42" "In light of this year's [2022]
Provincetown Carnival theme, Monsters, Myths & Legends, the Fine Arts
Work Center is thrilled to display Mermaid, honoring the life and work
of David Bethuel Jamieson (1963-1992), an African American artist active
in Provincetown in the 1980s who died of AIDS-related causes in 1992.
He lived and worked upstairs in the barn at the FAWC where he created
Mermaid in 1987. During this period, AIDS was all around us and it was
definitely a terminal illness at that time. Testing had only recently
become available and was not yet widely available, public education
had only just begun. Bethuel's Mermaid epitomizes this era. 2021 was
the official 40th anniversary of widespread news of HIV/AIDS." For
more information on David Bethuel Jamieson, or to read about the Artist
Residency in his name for emerging artists of color through the
Provincetown Community Compact, please scan the QR code and
contact us. [Text from Fine Arts Works Center, Provincetown, MA
display label]
print, Driftwood, Stone on Canvas 72"×42" "In light of this year's [2022]
Provincetown Carnival theme, Monsters, Myths & Legends, the Fine Arts
Work Center is thrilled to display Mermaid, honoring the life and work
of David Bethuel Jamieson (1963-1992), an African American artist active
in Provincetown in the 1980s who died of AIDS-related causes in 1992.
He lived and worked upstairs in the barn at the FAWC where he created
Mermaid in 1987. During this period, AIDS was all around us and it was
definitely a terminal illness at that time. Testing had only recently
become available and was not yet widely available, public education
had only just begun. Bethuel's Mermaid epitomizes this era. 2021 was
the official 40th anniversary of widespread news of HIV/AIDS." For
more information on David Bethuel Jamieson, or to read about the Artist
Residency in his name for emerging artists of color through the
Provincetown Community Compact, please scan the QR code and
contact us. [Text from Fine Arts Works Center, Provincetown, MA
display label]
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