Richard Morrison and Bill Rice exhibition at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects marks Stonewall anniversary

Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects presents a poignant exhibition featuring photographer Richard Morrison and painter Bill Rice, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Stonewall and New York City Pride. The show includes a group portrait by Peter Hujar where Morrison, Rice, Hujar, and writer-sociologist Larry Mitchell were instructed to jump, though Morrison kept his feet on the ground. Rice, known for acting in underground films and performance art, is represented through paintings capturing gay life in 1970s East Village, with works depicting Hispanic men at tenement windows and balconies. His paintings blend urban abstraction with social observation, drawing comparisons to Alice Neel, Mondrian, and Robert Mapplethorpe. A monitor displays video pieces featuring Rice, including work by David Wojnarowicz. The exhibition also includes works by Zoe Leonard and runs through July 13. This show is part of a broader gallery response to Stonewall's half-centenary, creating an unofficial gay history month in New York.