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"DELICIOUSLY DEPRAVED"
Featuring THE HUN and MICHAEL KIRWAN, plus HOWARD CRUSE, ADAM, and ROB CLARKE.
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The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation contact: Wayne Snellen, Director
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March 18th through April 19, 2003
THE LESLIE-LOHMAN
GAY ART FOUNDATION
127B Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
Tel: 1-212-673-7007
"Deliciously Depraved," an aptly-named exhibition of the over-the-top S&M work of the legendary HUN (Bill Schmeling) and the delightfully naughty images of MICHAEL KIRWAN opens on March 18th at the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation Gallery. Running through April 19th, the exhibition also includes work by HOWARD CRUSE, ROB CLARKE and ADAM (Jack Bozzi).
Exploring alternative visions of gay male sexuality, the show brings together the sharply contrasting erotic worlds of its two principal artists.
Reveling in the perversely embellished details of normally taboo S&M sex, THE HUN creates a voyeuristic world of forbidden fantasy in which the viewer can "participate" at a safely detached distance. Schmeling's work renders even the most extreme sexual situations with a fineness of line and idealization of the male physique that belies the erotic mayhem he portrays.
In marked contrast, MICHAEL KIRWAN'S work finds a vibrantly colorful world in the day-to-day realities of gay erotic life. "My guys are stand-ins for everyone who's ever sucked a dick," writes Kirwan, whose images incorporate the lust, confusion, contentment, guilt, passion, and bonding that he observes in what he calls "the homo realm." "I'd like viewers to recognize familiar situations and see a spark of their own lives displayed in my work," he adds. Unlike many gay artists, Kirwan deliberately avoids idealizing his subjects, portraying men of ages, races and appearances well outside the "Tom of Finland" mold. The result provides an exuberantly raunchy, yet tender window into typical gay sexual experiences beyond the view of the larger straight world.
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HOWARD CRUSE, creator of "Wendell," the award-winning gay and lesbian comic character, presents erotic comic-strip images in his "Dope Comix," "Bizarre Sex," "Gay Comix." His erotic work often parodies other popular comic images.
ADAM (Jack Bozzi), working in a style reminiscent of Tom of Finland, creates erotically charged images of idealized young men in a variety of sexually explicit situations.
ROB CLARKE'S works combine comic, bizarre and explicitly sexual subjects in ways that are utterly original ... more easily seen than described.
LOCATION, DATES AND HOURS OF SHOW
The show runs: March 18 - April 19, 2003
Meet THE HUN and MICHAEL KIRWAN Benefit Preview: Monday, March 17, 7-9 PM, $15 suggested donation. General Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 18,
6-9 PM (free)
The Twisted Trio Talks: Kirwan, Cruse, Clarke, Friday, March 21, 7-9 PM, $10 suggested donation Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 1-6 PM
Location: The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation Gallery at 127B Prince Street, NYC (N, R to Prince St. then three blocks West or E to Spring St. then one block north to Prince and four blocks East)
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CONTACTS
For more information about the exhibition or for images for reproduction, call the Director of Communications & Special Events, Harvey Redding at 212-673-7007.
For information about the gallery and The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, call the director, Wayne Snellen at 212-673-7007, Fax: 212-260-0363, Email: LLDirector@earthlink.net, Web site: http://www.leslielohman.org
For additional spokespersons to interview including selected models and foundation co-founder, Charles Leslie, call Harvey Redding at 212-966-5062.
The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation
127-B Prince Street, NY, NY 10012
Tel: 212-673-7007
Fax: 212-260-0363
Email: LLDirector@earthlink.net
Web site: http://www.leslielohman.org
Wayne Snellen, Director
The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation is a not for profit tax-exempt Foundation committed to providing a forum to further the awareness of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender art. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
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