“No one can be happy about the very real pain involved” in this coming split, he continues, but it’s “better that we should separate than stay together and pretend at a unity that does not exist.” Pritchard says this issue is a “deal-breaker,” that there is “no middle ground,” and that “the people who think it’s okay for two guys or two girls to get married and then come and lead Awana on Wednesday night will never be accepted by the rest of us.” Pritchard claims that when this line is drawn in the sand, it will be over “biblical authority,” and will mean “splitting denominations, the leaving of churches, and in some cases, the division of families.” He assures us the divide will not be over homosexuality or gay marriage. Ray Pritchard warning of a “coming evangelical divide” over gay rights. Over the years he painted his mates.Last week, I received an e-mail from Dr.
RAPHAEL PEREZ GAY PRIDE ART SERIES
Peretz has created a series of naive paintings that deal with loving relationships between men and common daily activities in the home environment. After his first love for a man in 1999 and coming to terms with his sexual orientation, the paintings became peaceful and he presented the homosexual relationship in an ideal way. At first, the paintings express hesitation and imperfection, while Peretz does not reveal the faces of the cartoonists. In addition to explicit paintings, he created series of flower paintings, as a metaphor for the relationship between a man and a woman.Īt the age of 32 he came out of the closet and began to draw relationships between men. In his work, starting in 1995, he dealt with relationships, initially with relationships between men and women, in which complex relationships between men and women can be seen. The diaries were presented in a solo exhibition at Camera Obscura and in a group exhibition at the Sommer Gallery. He later adorned the diaries with illustrations and drawings. Since 1995 he has lived and worked from his studio in Tel Aviv.īetween the ages of 17 and 32, he wrote about forty diaries, sketchbooks and artist books in which he wrote daily and described his thoughts, experiences and feelings and his struggle with his homosexual sexual orientations. He has been painting since 1989 and since 1999 earns a living only from selling art. Peretz is a graduate of the Center for Visual Arts in Be'er Sheva, where he studied from 1989-1992. He worked for 15 years in education in therapeutic settings for children and taught art and movement. In the IDF, he served in the Artillery Corps. Rafi has a twin brother, industrial designer Miki Peretz (married to curator Revital Ben-Asher Peretz). Was born into a traditional family and grew up in Jerusalem. It is not known how many copies were made after the edition run ended. This includes works made-to-order, or prints on demand. The number of works produced has been determined and included in the listing. This means that every work of art is unique and there will never be another identical one. One-of-a-kind works of art are also known as “OOAK” artworks. Each work bears great similarities to the original. It could also refer to a prototype or a model from which other works can be made.
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