Give It To Me Good: 1969 Gallery Artists

Cristina BanBan, Coady Brown, Anthony Cudahy, Keiran Brennan Hinton

Sunday, November 17 – Friday, December 20, 2019
Opening Reception: Sunday, November 17 @ 6–8pm

1969 Gallery marks the 50th birthday of owner/director Quang Bao with Give It To Me Good, a group exhibition of paintings and works on paper by 1969’s roster of represented artists— Cristina BanBan, Keiran Brennan Hinton, Coady Brown, and Anthony Cudahy.

When I was twelve years old, I wanted to be 50. I admired my uncles. They told funny stories, dressed nice, danced well, drank a lot, and loved women. I like to think I inherited four out of their five charms.

I don’t know how I feel about reaching the half-century mark; I only know I don’t know is not a feeling. I spent time thinking about how to mark this special occasion— every gay deserves his 50th— and found the answer in front of me.
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1969 Gallery marks the 50th birthday of owner/director Quang Bao with Give It To Me Good, a group exhibition of paintings and works on paper by 1969’s roster of represented artists— Cristina BanBan, Keiran Brennan Hinton, Coady Brown, and Anthony Cudahy.

“The exhibition title cuts both ways,” Bao said. “Asking my four artists to make an A+ painting prompted by my individual rite of passage is mildly obnoxious. It’s like asking them to show me how much they love and appreciate me. Rarely can a person pass such a test. But these are all new canvasses, which indicates they did try and do care, and a gallery and its artists are always trying and caring together and it’s enough of a reward. Cristina, Keiran, Coady and Anthony really are giving it to me good all the time.”