"Fool the Eye" Artwork

3-D "Fool the Eye" Art

Oscar Wilde on Art

Woody Allen Graphic

by Alexey Kurbatov

Graphic Poe

by Christiano Siqueira

Hot Tattooed Man of the Day

Truth and Beauty

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives." - Einstein

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all 

        Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn

Gay Art

More Steve Walker Art

"High Brow Trash"

Slate discusses the reissue of "7 Miles a Second," David Wajnarowizc's 80's comic about hustling and the AIDS crisis. Here's a sample page:

Noah Berlasky writes:

In the image above, for example, unapologetically pulp sci-fi/horror imagery is juxtaposed with oversaturated colors and a semioblivious upper-crust milieu—as if decadent comics are crawling with an ominous preposterousness across the averted faces of decadent gallery-goers. The glowing diagonal image of the shirtless Wojnarowicz that dominates the page reads in part as trashy eroticized pulp—and in part as art-world eroticized male nude. Romberger's bric-a-brac layout and uncomfortably shifting perspective present the encounter between margins and center as a disturbing fever dream of antagonism, repulsion, disorientation, and lust.

This is just an example of the fascinating analysis of how comics and intersect art and, at the same time, take on contemporary issues in ways unavailable to conventional art. Makes me want to look it up. 

"Gay" Art?

Is there such a thing as "gay" art? Does it imply that the artist is gay, and thus it has a certain sensibility? If so, then the work of, Michelangelo and DaVinci qualifies. Certainly, there is something to this. But I think that's too facile for the complexities of their work. Or, is it the subject matter? Thus, the work of Steve Walker seen on this blog elsewhere qualifies (ie, explicit or implied homoerotic content). The subject matter can range from the beauty of the male form (a topic alive since the ancient Greeks) to explicit homoerotic sexuality, to hidden viewpoints. Maybe it's counterproductive to define art as "gay" (or heterosexual, for that matter). Instead, there's just art with different, changing, subject matter and points-of-view. As a human being, I love art of all types; as a gay man, I have a special affinity for art which portrays and deepens my understanding of my personal experience. Here's a few of the many examples I've collected:

More Steve Walker Art

More of this artist, whose work I really love. So often he depicts aloneness, but in these pieces, his men are portrayed in intimate situations. Love it.

Truth Seekers

Believe those who are seeking truth. Doubt those who find it. - Andre Gide

More Steve Walker Art

More BaraYaoi

If you like BaraYaoi (that is, gay male comics featuring big, muscular guys), check out this site, BaraChan. The old site disappeared, but has returned in a new incarnation. It features a wide variety of Bara types: 2D (photos of real men), 3D (drawn BaraYaoi), Furry Bara (anthropomorphic beast men), and various "alternative" drawings. Some examples below:

from Captaingerbear:

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2D:

Furry:

Enjoy!
http://barachan.xibia.net/

Daily Cat

The tiger is my totem animal.
My tattoo:

Furry anthro art:

Daily Cat

Daily Cat

Steve Walker's Art

I really like the work of this artist. He evokes many feelings - more than simple eroticism (though that's present too) - melancholy, longing, joy, sadness, love... Often he conveys a sense of loneliness or solitude, even when there are two men featured. At other times, he presents the connections which help his subjects transcend this isolation. "Remove the gender of the painting's subjects and what we have is human relationships in general, and one's relationship to the world itself," he said. "As a homosexual I have been moved, educated, and inspired by works that deal with a heterosexual context. Why would I assume that a heterosexual would be incapable of appreciating work that speaks to common themes in life, as seen through my eyes as a gay man. If the heterosexual population is unable to do this, then the loss is theirs, not mine."