Joey Brock’s self portrait portrays his own coming out process. Dallas artist explores struggle with being gay through a series of interviews and collage portraits DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Joey Brock’s new exhibit at Ro2 Art in downtown Dallas — In America — is about self-acceptance.
Each of his works displayed began with an interview. My grandfather was a Baptist minister,” Brock said, “and I struggled with being gay.” So he began his journey to self acceptance with a self-portrait.
Using a variety of photographs of himself, he pieced together the portrait with 12 self-fragmented yet coherent pieces that together complete the puzzle of Joey Brock.