These "Paper Dolls" by artist Matthew Conway -- on display now via the online Road Gallery -- reminded me of my friend Greg Endries' Scumbag "build a boyfriend" fanzine from a few years ago, which I just noticed featured a NUDE PIC of my old pal Scooter LaForge.
"Conway does not believe in an apolitical representation of the body; every artist that chooses to render the human form reveals their values and biases. By choosing to have his straight male friends pose for his drawings, he implicates his own libidinous propensities. The feminist construct of the “male gaze” is redirected and queered as the heterosexual male form becomes eroticized and objectified. His work displays his desires, his humor, and his concept of beauty. Conway’s interest in gendered ephemora such as paper dolls, pin-ups, and coloring book illustrations are present in his technique and medium.”
Full collection HERE.
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