Queer London-based German artist GEORG MEYER-WIEL IS BACK in Provincetown after the resounding sucess he enjoyed with his debut Show last year  (see Queerguru review HERE) .

In his new show BOYS IN THE SAND at the Ed Lesh Gallery, Georg presents works on paper that depict men in pools and in the natural environment. They are inspired by Wakefield Poole‘s landmark film ‘Boys In The Sand’ (1971) and Tom Bianchi’s iconic ‘Fire Island Pines: Polaroids, 1975-1983’ and he has recreated with life models a number of  images, in the classic polaroid format  and drawings on historical documents. 

Georg told QUEERGURU ‘’As a gay man I often wonder what life must have been like over the past centuries, without the rights that large parts of today’s world enjoy and take for granted.

When working with life models and portraying them on historical documents, I transport my protagonists into the distant past, where they could not have had the life they live today.

Many of my drawings also reference today’s dress-codes and body culture and I especially like to use documents from countries that until now do not accept and punish homosexuality, as this creates a strong juxtaposition when they are used as context for homoerotic drawings.’’

Boys in the Sand 
E. LESH GALLERY exhibits a new body of work by GEORG MEYER-WIEL 
August 30th – September 7th, open daily 10:30am – 4pm 
Opening on Friday 30 August 7pm – 9pm. The artist is present