THE ADVENTURES OF RON ATHEY AND LISA TEASLEY
Added 2021-02-12 23:48:45 +0000 UTCI was grabbing Getty Images of me the other day to post on IG, which reminded me that the Getty has a little comic book of mine in their Ron Athey archive collection, entirled The Adventures of Ron Athey and Lisa Teasley, which are cartoon scenes from our friendship, done in '99. We have known each other since 1985 or 6. Today is Chinese New Year, and The Year of the Ox, which is Ron's sign, and he is currently in NY for the Valentine Day opening of his retrospective at Participant Inc. He has invited me many times to collaborate with him as an artist, which has taken us to venues all over Los Angeles, including the Broad and Cathedral St Vibiana. Ron has toured all over the globe with his spectacular shows. In the book of his work, Queer Communion, I have an essay in it, as well as a pictures of a portrait of him that was bought by Amelia Jones, the head of USC's Roski Art School, who is also co-editor of the book Queer Communion, as well as the curator of his retrospective. Here is just a bit of so much rich history, emotions and travels all over the world, and so very very many laughs. Above are just a few of the cartoons, #1 is during a dance performance I did in a canoe of ice cream and chocolate syrup for his and Vaginal Davis's club G.I.M.P., #2 was a birthday scene when I gave him a hotcomb as a momento of when he used to do his high school girlfriend's hair, #3 he is doing my hair while I was interviewing him for an intended biography #4 was a walk in Griffith Park, #5 a lunch with he and Imogen drawing at the table #6 backstage in Paris when his assistant at the time asked me the question everyone in Paris seemed to think.
