Posts tagged “masculinity”

the male(-on-male, masculine) gaze :: slava mogutin

Posted on 29 September 2007

red hat (xevi), 2003 i really like the art work of slava mougtin. self-proclaimed “exiled dissident, porno activist, homo terrorist, pinko commie fag,” his exploits saw him become the target of three high publicity criminal cases which ultimately resulted in his forced move to america. his highly sexualised installation and photographic works are a paradox. at once they are challenging to the feminised concept of the gay man present in the social psyche, yet subtle features, expressions, clothing and props continually reinvent and reinvigorate the fem nature of gay boys. his installation and photographic work effortlessly obliterates sex/gender stereotypes, to present new, masculinised and hyper-masculinised portrayals of mid-20s gay men. from pref no 9, 2006 he’s obsession with queer ‘straight guys’ as sex objects…

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Tagged: #homosexuality, *sexuality, art, being 'man', gender, male sexuality, masculinity, oral sex, politics, sex toys, sexual lifestyles, slava mougtin, think pink

Slava Mogutin’s gaze and gays

Posted on 28 September 2007

New York based, Russian-born photographer Slava Mougtin creates something between portraiture and pornography. Overtly sexualised, his work often depict buff boys engaged in acts of arousal and fetish. His installation and photographic work effortlessly obliterates sex/gender stereotypes, to present new, masculinised and hyper-masculinised portrayals of mid-20s gay men. But his boys are more than just a personification of homoerotic hetero male bicuriousness. They are paradoxically challenging the fag persona, the dominant homosexual identity, while subtly (re)presenting aspects of that identity. Mogutin’s obsession with queer ‘straight’ guys and turning them into sex objects is paramount to his masculine homosexual idea. His main objects of desire are jocks, skaters, thugs and wiggas, His boys are quintessential of this fashion and lifestyle, often skaters, always lean and regularly well built and muscular. And because they are presented as…

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Tagged: #homosexuality, *sexuality, Anton (Helmet) 2000, Anton (Roof cock2) 2000, art, being 'man', Ben 2002, gender, Ilya (Feet) 2001, Ilya (Gucci) 2001, male sexuality, masculinity, New Pants (Terry) 2001, oral sex, politics, Robert Urban 2003, sex toys, sexual lifestyles, slava mougtin

☆ A "CONFUSING" HOMOPHOBIA POLICY?

Posted on 8 January 2007

came across this article talking about the victorian anti-homophobia policy and i have to say, despite the outcrys of family groups (which was going to happen anyway), i hail the victorian education department for taking the step to create a homophobia-focused policy. for a long time schools have bundled homophobia under blanket anti-harassment policies which failed to address the severity and frequency of sexuality-based bullying (note: this is not discounting the need to address other grounds for prejudice). angela conway from australian family association victoria, like many of the other family organisations, reads the policy objective to “create and continually model a school environment that respects and celebrates diversity” as “”celebrate” homosexuailty in the classroom”; but it certainly doesn’t say hail the queers to…

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Tagged: being 'man', homophobia, masculinity