artQueer

David Park | Bathers

Pierre et Gilles | Saint Jean et Saint Jacque | 1989

Pierre et Gilles | Sur la Plage abandonné  | 1994 | Model: Rupert Everett

Mark Aguhar: Beach Bum Summer Skin, Summer 2009, 5 x 8 inches, Watercolor, gouache, ink

Keith Vaughan:  Bathers by a Grey Sea, 1947

Dana Schutz: Reclining Nude

(Source: quam-nos-animadverto)

Robert Sherer: The Buddy System, pyrography/wood stains/veneer, 24.5 x 21.5 inches

American Pyrography (1999-present)

“My wood-burnings are mostly autobiographical, but a few are pure fantasy. Memories of my youth draw upon classic 1960s illustrations; thus I find them useful sources for my art. The result is a mixture of appropriation, parody, and nostalgia. I purposely use well-known camp craft materials and techniques to add to their authentic period flavor. Lines are burned onto sheets of maple veneer with an electric wood-burning tool, and the color is applied with various wood stains.

The intent of the series is not simply kitsch nostalgia but rather an attempt to unearth from memory those pivotal moments when the natural love between men challenges and disrupts the social schema of male competition. I create scenes that, while often humorous, can be interpreted as either sexually charged or perfectly innocent. Ultimately, I want to demonstrate that same-sex relationships are wholesome, healthy, life-affirming, or even patriotic. I also hope that these works will help viewers to reconnect with their own youth.” - Robert Sherer

Lady Edna Clarke Hall (English, 1879-1979), Justin Reading, 1932.
Watercolour on paper. Tate Gallery.

J. C. Leyendecker: Illustration from “The Voice in the Rice” by Gouverneur Morris (1910)

Bryan Larsen: Icarus

Evelyn de Morgan: Phosphorus and Hesperus

(Source: antonio-m)

Henry Scott Tuke: Charlie Mitchell

Danny Galieote

Cornelius McCarthy: Golden Couple with Shells, gouache

(Source: silverclocktower)

David Park