art
Stefan Merkt loves to ‘lick’ Tom of Finland
Queerguru’s favorite queer Berlin artist STEFAN MERKT is back with a new show that is inspired by his own favorite artist Tom of Finland. Since the 1980s Merkt has created his own rather stunning brand of portraiture and works of art completely made out of postage stamps. He is less interested in the face…
Francis Bacon : Man & Beast …..Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews this major retrospective at the Royal Academy
\Francis Bacon (1909-92) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. He’s generally considered to be one of the greatest modern artists ever. A charismatic, articulate, well-read, gay bon-vivant, he held court in London’s Soho for decades. If I could travel back in time, it would be to spend an afternoon…
This Gay Artist Challenged Sexuality Norms Long Before We Could Imagine
Celebrating homoeroticism, androgyny, nakedness & unbounded love REPRINTED FROM https://medium.com/ COPYRIGHT Kamna Kirti Idyll by George Quaintance. Can you imagine a gay visual artist in 1950s America who embraced gender fluidity long before the term was even coined? Imagine how difficult it would be to aesthetically portray homoeroticism long before when being gay was not…
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami: When You Need Letters for Your Skin
London-based artist Kudzanai-Violet Hwami was born in Gutu, Zimbabwe in 1993 and her work reveals a deeply personal vision of Southern African life. Her new solo show at Victoria Miro Gallery shows new work that draws on her experiences of geographical dislocation and displacement, her paintings combine visual fragments from a myriad of sources such…
