BUFFALO, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan 20, 2026–
AP Gorny defies category. Across five decades he has worked as printmaker, photographer, sculptor, bookmaker, performer—his artist books reaching the Vatican Library and the Guggenheim. The story of how this artist built his international career from Buffalo roots is less examined
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