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Otherwise, Straight Acting... (2023)Ink drawing by Rudra Kishore Mandal
52.07 x 72.39 x 0.25cm (unframed)
£1,107.69
Original artwork description
Desires cannot be regulated by external forces through enforced conditioning of gender performance and expectation. If the gay dating apps were to hold up a mirror to the society, this failure would be more than apparent. Many gay men describe themselves or is described by others as ‘Straight Acting’ which simply means that this person is ‘Manly’ enough or doesn’t have the tell-tale behavioural markers of being gay. He is not a limp wristed, lisping, willowy, and flamboyantly effeminate homosexual! But it is acting, nevertheless! It is a performance put up to pass as a ‘heterosexual’ man in the cock-eyed surveillance of our society’s stereotypes and standards of judgement! A performance to remain undetectable as gay in the public eye. How they perform in the privacy of a more enabling space can be otherwise. A space where inhibitions and judgements are rare, many of these men can drop the act and be more attuned to their desires and behave accordingly. This constant performance of suppressing desire in the public eye has to be acknowledged and applauded with the cautionary tale of how this affects the psyche of the gay men constantly living in fear of being ‘found out’.
NOTE: Custom duty fee if any is payable by the buyer. Different Countries have different rules and regulations for packages being shipped in and the Custom duty fee varies as well. Such fees are not included in the shipping cost.
Materials used:
Acrylic paint and pen drawing with waterproof ink on paper
Details:
- Ink drawing on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 52.07 x 72.39 x 0.25cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#surrealism#symbolism#pen drawing#male body#gay art#gay life#social anxiety#figurataive art#queerart#gender sexuality
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Original artwork description
Desires cannot be regulated by external forces through enforced conditioning of gender performance and expectation. If the gay dating apps were to hold up a mirror to the society, this failure would be more than apparent. Many gay men describe themselves or is described by others as ‘Straight Acting’ which simply means that this person is ‘Manly’ enough or doesn’t have the tell-tale behavioural markers of being gay. He is not a limp wristed, lisping, willowy, and flamboyantly effeminate homosexual! But it is acting, nevertheless! It is a performance put up to pass as a ‘heterosexual’ man in the cock-eyed surveillance of our society’s stereotypes and standards of judgement! A performance to remain undetectable as gay in the public eye. How they perform in the privacy of a more enabling space can be otherwise. A space where inhibitions and judgements are rare, many of these men can drop the act and be more attuned to their desires and behave accordingly. This constant performance of suppressing desire in the public eye has to be acknowledged and applauded with the cautionary tale of how this affects the psyche of the gay men constantly living in fear of being ‘found out’.
NOTE: Custom duty fee if any is payable by the buyer. Different Countries have different rules and regulations for packages being shipped in and the Custom duty fee varies as well. Such fees are not included in the shipping cost.
Materials used:
Acrylic paint and pen drawing with waterproof ink on paper
Details:
- Ink drawing on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 52.07 x 72.39 x 0.25cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#surrealism#symbolism#pen drawing#male body#gay art#gay life#social anxiety#figurataive art#queerart#gender sexuality