Category Archives: Art and Artists

Inky gods’ stray musings from the Prophat of the Church of More Men…

Posted on February 23, 2015 by gayhighwaymen | Leave a comment

A more complete history of the fresh Lika Braz octopus ink to follow.

Posted in Art and Artists, DIY and Maker Culture, indicator Species, Indigenous cultures, iPhone, Photography, Spirituality

Tagged Jack Mormon, meme, Prophat of the Church of More Men

Urban Ore Men’s Toilet Art – Do You Give a Flying Fuck?

Posted on June 8, 2014 by gayhighwaymen | Leave a comment

Art at Urban Ore in Oakland. We were shopping for a grate for a koi pond cover and a urinal for the Willie Walker memorial Fountain. Found the latter not the former. “Fountain” is a Duchampian euphemism. Water boy historian Walker had a final request. More on that later. For more on this flying fucker, click here.

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Posted in Art and Artists, Comics, DIY and Maker Culture, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., iPhone, JoJo Mendoco, Northern California, Photography, Signage, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.

Tagged Art, Flying Fuck, Gay, JoJo Mendoco, Toilet, Urban Ore

Hey, Yoo! Great Korean Neo-Pop Public Art: Spider-Man with Morning Wood!

Posted on June 8, 2014 by gayhighwaymen | Leave a comment

Artist Eunsuk Yoo recently removed his sculptural installation of Spider-man sporting a clearly visible erection. His other choice was to modify it, which he chose not to do. He explained his impetus for making the scandalous piece of art:

“I wanted apply the natural physical phenomenon to a superhero depict whats’s natural in the morning without lies and superficial-ness in a comical way.”

Sounds good to us! He can climb the trees in our forest any time. For a mid-century Japanese Batman taking it up the ass, click here. Really.

More at Kotaku.com

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Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Architecture, Art and Artists, Comics, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., Korea/s, Photography, Strange News

Tagged Art, Erection, Eunsuk Yoo, Korea, Sculpture, Spiderman

Shhh…. Sneak! Preview…of The Mayor of Folsom Street.

Posted on June 4, 2014 by gayhighwaymen | Leave a comment

The Mayor of Folsom Street! The exhibit at the Center for Sex and Culture opens on Friday and this is installation week. So, here’s the sneak! Above, memorial Leather Jacket by Bill Bowers. Bill is a former Cockette and long-time Queer Underground couturier. Cool art kid Rik Lee is doing his website these days. Check it out! He’s even done stage wear for Keith Richards the Rolling Stone. Dig! Alan dressed Metal bands and did foundation garments for punk fashion queen Vivienne Westwood, so having Bill’s tribute jacket as a centerpiece for this show is pure copacetic.

An assortment of “smalls” – prior to installation. Lots of stories, here!

Worn Levi’s 501s, the crotch has been mended with leather and has worn through yet AGAIN! Damn, Dad. With Malebox jockstrap and an assortment of “friendship” pins, including one from The 15 Association. Alan, the original “Mr. S” was at the founding meeting, and was a long-time honorary member of this 35 year-old San Francisco-based men’s S/m fraternity.

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Posted in Activism, AIDS, Art and Artists, Collecting, England, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., History, Leather, Men, Photography, San Francisco, Scholarship, Signage, Subcultures

Tagged Activism, AIDS, Alan Selby, Art, Bill Bowers, Center for Sex and Culture, Cockette, Culture, Daddy Alan, Exhibit, Gay, Hero, Leatherman, Levis, Mayor of Folsom Street, Mr.S, Rik Lee, S/m, San Francisco

Godzilla and King Kong make out on Bearded Bear Chest.

Posted on May 25, 2014 by gayhighwaymen | Leave a comment

A bit of politically charged inter-species homoerotic textile, tastefully decorating a bit of ursine chest. End of the world monster love rules. Ok! Photo Gay Highwaymen. shot in the patio at the Forest Club in Ukiah.

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Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Art and Artists, Beards, Collecting, Comics, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., Human Animals, indicator Species, iPhone, Men, Mendocino County, Northern California, Photography, Signage, Subcultures

Tagged Art, Bear, Cartoon, Comics, Forest Club, Gay, Godzilla, Homoerotic, King Kong, Mendocino County, T-Shirt, Textile, Ukiah

A Martyr in the Archive: The Life and Afterlife of Harvey Milk’s Suit

Posted on May 22, 2014 by gayhighwaymen | 1 comment

The Suit in which Harvey Milk was Assassinated. Collection: GLBT Historical Society. Photo: Dan Nicoletta

Happy Birthday, Harvey. You would have been 84 years old. And yesterday was the 35th anniversary of the White Night Riots. The Texan was there and had this to say about that: “I was there. Much has changed. If I were in San Francisco today I would throw Flowers at City Hall!”

Hey, Hippie Birdy, Harvey. Here’s something for you: words, words, words…now glowing pixels maybe making a mark in the brightly-lit on-line world of today. No: no apologies.

What is writing? Staining sheets. While écriture is understood as operating on a symbolic level, the physical act of mark-making is grounded in materiality. Ink on paper, cum on the bedspread and bloody clothing of all sorts share the pull of the gaze…

Just a preview. To download the pdf of the article A Martyr in the Archive: the Life and Afterlife of Harvey Milk’s Suit click here: JonesMartyrArchives

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Posted in Activism, Art and Artists, Collecting, Crime, DIY and Maker Culture, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., History, Human Rights, Men, Photography, San Francisco, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Scholarship, Signage, Strange Holidays, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.

Tagged 35th anniversary, Activism, Archive, Dan Nicoletta, Exhibition, Gay, Gay Museum, GLBT Historical Society, Harvey Milk, History, Martyr in the Archive, No Apologies, Photography, politics, San Francisco, Scholarship, Violence, White Night Riots

Shop Sears…really! Young painter Justin Sears cool quirky big art on wood.

Posted on March 10, 2014 by gayhighwaymen | 1 comment

Originally from California, 24-year old Justin Sears lives in NYC now. He does fairly large-scale realistic illustrative pieces on wood. No color splash, here, and no wall-to-wall paint. The narrow color range is all in the foreground, while the wood supports provide all the negative space. Subject matter is men, myth, masculinity with a distinctly surreal edge. His big portraits, like this one of a hot ash dude, are fairly strait-forward, while his historical and re-workings of classic themes bring most of the twists. He describes his work as a “masculine mix of industrialized pop art on organic surfaces.” See more at his website. Oh, he designs leather clothing, too. Cool!

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Posted in Art and Artists, Collecting, DIY and Maker Culture, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., Leather, Men, New York

Tagged Artist, Culture, Gay, Justin Sears, Leather, NYC, Painter

Strange and sexy shelf Life – Dad of Dads and soiled Spanking…seriously.

Posted on March 1, 2014 by gayhighwaymen | Leave a comment

Good schooling on how to make and keep stuff clean. Multiple editions, this one is early, plus limited vintage xerox and plus one – one-off paint over 19 c print. Quality, condition and display make a hoard into an exhibit. Oh, yeah. That plus what the shit sells for. D’uh. So Sez Homer and the Homo-ner and thee Prophat…heh…