MiamiHerald.com – By Kisrten Maguire
Miami artist Barry Gross, 59, has been living with HIV for more than two decades.
Because of art, he says, he has survived.
”When I go to paint, I’m in another world,” he said. “It makes me want to be here, it makes me want to live, whereas other factors in life don’t make me feel that.”
Gross is one of about 100 artists featured in the Miami Beach Community Health Center’s Through the Eyes of Love double art exhibit in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. The art show, created to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS, opens Tuesday at the Galleria mall, 2414 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale.
Miami’s exhibit will open on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, at the Harvey W. Seeds Post 29 American Legion Hall, 6445 NE Seventh Ave. Both galleries will close Dec. 14.