Amidst the disco balls of a queer dive bar or on the white walls of a commercial art gallery, artist Drake Carr exhibits his glamorous and heartfelt portraits of friends, peers, and fictional characters inspired by a deep affection for ‘80s fashion illustration and the D.I.Y. aesthetics of queer erotica. This documentary short captures the artist as he celebrates his final days as a bartender at Happyfun Hideaway and transitions to becoming a full-time artist.

Drake Carr was born in 1993 in Flint, MI, and currently lives and works in New York City, NY. Learn more about the artist at art21.org/artist/drakecarr

Director: Andrea Chung
Executive Producer: Tina Kukielski
Series Producer: Nick Ravich
Editor: Faisal Azam
Additional Editor: Thomas Niles
Cinematography: Sebastián Lasaosa Rogers
Sound: Ana Fernández, Fivel Rothberg
Assistant Curator: Jurrell Lewis
Color Correction: Max Blecker
Sound Design & Mix: Collin Blendell
Design & Graphics: Chips
Animation: Orsolya Szantho
Music: Daniel Kadawatha, House Of Say, Gloria Tells, warmkeys.
Live Performance: Rose Mori as Pvssyheaven
Assistant Editor: Michelle Hanks
Artwork Courtesy: Drake Carr
“Walk-Ins” Footage Courtesy: Ethan James Green, New York Life Gallery
Thanks: Thomas Dewey Davis, Joe Fusaro, Happyfun Hideaway, Mel Odom, Mel Ottenberg, Jay Sanders

© Art21, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved.

“New York Close Up” is made possible with support from Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Henry Nias Foundation, and individual contributors.

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