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On Being Gay in the Atomic Age: A Reflection on the Depiction of the Red and Lavender Scares and the AIDS Crisis in “Fellow Travelers” (2023)

“The importance of this context in “Fellow Travelers” lies in its ability to illuminate a dark period in American history,…

Activism, AIDS Crisis, Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, Fellow Travelers, Lavender Scare, lgbtq, lgbtqia, LGBTQIA2+, love, queer, Red Scare, San Francisco, writing

The film Oppenheimer, seen through my eyes

“Oppenheimer,” a film directed by Christopher Nolan, is an enthralling biographical film that chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer,…

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, Art, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, Contemporary Art, nuclear power, Painting, Puerto Rico, San Francisco

nevada-semipalatinsk I-IX, 2023, on view at the US embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan, until 2025

The Risograph prints incorporate my drawing and fragments of images of the struggle to close the Soviet Semipalatinsk testing site in Kazakhstan.…

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, Art, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, Contemporary Art, nuclear power, Painting, Puerto Rico, San Francisco

radiophobia, 2023

A work informed by the human fear of radiation, in spite of it being an all-pervasive natural phenomenon. Mixed media…

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, Art, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, Contemporary Art, nuclear power, Painting, Puerto Rico, San Francisco

nuclear defense waste, 2023

A work inspired by the deleteriously entangled relationship between defense and energy applications of atomic forces in the sensationalist press…

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, Art, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, Contemporary Art, nuclear power, Painting, Puerto Rico, San Francisco

cherenkov radiation, 2023

A video work inspired by Cherenkov radiation, a form of energy that we can perceive as a blue glow emitted…

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, Art, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, Cherenkov Radiation, Contemporary Art, nuclear power, Painting, Puerto Rico, San Francisco

456, 2023, on view at the US embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan until 2025

The number 456 refers to the number of nuclear weapons tested at the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site in Kazakhstan between…

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, Art, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, Contemporary Art, nuclear power, Painting, Puerto Rico, San Francisco

POSTHUMANO, 2022, by Andrés Alfonso Lugo and Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción

These sound compositions are a project by Andres Lugo and are available on his Bandcamp under his artistic name Los…

Andrés Lugo, Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, Art, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, Contemporary Art, Los Dientes Hundidos en la Garganta, No Me Escucho Records, POSTHUMANO, Puerto Rico, San Francisco

Did you know about the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History?

A collection of images taken during one of the research visits to the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History…

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, Art, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, history, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, New Mexico, nuclear power, Photography, research, science

energy suite, 2022

A painting inspired by the need for a framework for energy consumers, including industrial, commercial, and public sector organizations. Acrylic,…

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, Art, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, Contemporary Art, nuclear power, Painting, Puerto Rico, San Francisco

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