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…