I have decided that I need a pansy suit. Shouldn’t every good pansy have one…?
More to come as work continues…
Your KC ‘mo, Gryphon
Category Archives: Art and Artists
dancing ’bout in my underwear…
It is something I am prone to do on occasion…
I thought I would share.
Enjoy! Your KC ‘mo, Gryphon.
Posted in Gryphon Van Der Hole
Homeboy Art! Hector Silva at Tom of Finland Fair in WeHo
Friend of this site Hector Silva will be showing and selling his erotic “Homeboy Art” at the Tom of Finland Foundation’s 16th annual Art Fair. The Gay Highwaymen recently had dinner with Hector and his partner Napoleon at La Casita restaurant in Bell. Of course, snaps were shot. On our next LA trip, we will make a studio visit. Hector is a remarkable artist who is beginning to get the critical attention his work deserves, and collectors should pick up his work while it is still affordable. The Fair takes place Saturday, March 26th at the West Hollywood Park at 647 N. San Vicente Blvd. West Hollywood, California. Noon until 6pm.
Posted in Collecting, Food, Hector Silva, Leather, Los Angeles, Scholarship, Southern California, Subcultures
Tagged Art, Art Fair, BDSM, Bell CA, Chicano, Culture, Gay, Hector Silva, Kink, La Casita, Latino, Leather, Los Angeles, Sexy, Tom of Finland
Yaoi Bara Manga & Gai Comi influenced New Cali Gay Leathersex Art: JoJo Mendoco
This is new from JoJo Mendoco. “XV.1” 2011. Mixed media on paper. Based on a drawing from 1989 by “Les” for the 15 Association, San Francisco. Influenced by Japanese Manga forms and European and American 20th century gay erotic artists. Want more? For a red-headed bukake boy, click here; for a hot two-on-one: here.
Richard Bolingbroke’s Personal Encounter with a Video Storm
San Francisco artist and friend of this site Richard Bolingbroke recently visited a video installation at the exhibit Breathed…Unsaid…Exploring Personal Encounters with Cultural Diaspora at San Francisco’s Somarts Gallery. He took photographs of his shadow playing across the screen to produce these King Lear-like images: a solitary figure in silhouette, seemingly struggling with the burden of power – or maybe just raging against the oncoming storm. For more on Bolingbroke and his more typical methods of art-making, click here and here.
Posted in Art and Artists, Richard Bolingbroke, San Francisco, Video
Tagged Art, Culture, Gay, Richard Bolingbroke, Somarts, Video
Top o’ the Morningwood to You!
JoJo Mendoco 2011
A JoJo Mendoco original, inspired by Japanese comics: yaoi bara, gai comi and manga in general as well as Western gay erotic artists such as Etienne. For the 2012 St. Patrick’s day offering, in which a rough sex leprechaun sticks it to a Brit boy, click here. For lots more JoJo Mendoco, here.
Posted in Art and Artists, Comics, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., Ireland, Japan, Leather, Sexy Holidays
Tagged Art, Bara, BDSM, Comics, Gay, Irish, JoJo Mendoco, Kink, Manga, Sexy, St. Patrick's Day, Top o' the Morning, Yaoi
Great Gay Leathersex Art: Who was Michael Palmer?
It measures about 5′ x5′ and used to hang in the Jackhammer, an old Leather bar in San Francisco. The Jackhammer has been closed since 1996 and this painting now hangs in a private home. It is signed “Palmer” in the lower right corner. A quick consultation trip to Brand X antiques in the Castro district secured a last name, a look at a couple of prints on sale for a couple of thousand dollars each, and an awful story. The proprietor told us that the artist’s first name was Michael. He had quite an extensive body of work, most of which he held in his studio. When he died in the middle of the plague years, his mother, horrified by her little boy’s adult proclivities, destroyed everything.
This sort of thing happens too often. Wonderful Willie Walker, friend of this site, and founding member of the Gay and Lesbian Historical Society, used to dumpster-dive the estates of deceased gay men whose “families” would throw away their collections in shame. Walker – a hero to gay historians and a legend among archivists of any stripe. We miss you, you little weirdo.
Western art is built on the bodies of naked ladies. They call it “The Nude.” The ancients understood the beauty of the male body. We understand it. But – and this is for artists and collectors especially – the folks might not. Make wills, make bequests, make sure your lover has power of attorney, give gifts to the young gays and make sure the good stuff gets into good hands. Generations coming up will need their history. We are making it now and it is our responsibility to make sure it survives.
Meantime, any information on Michael Palmer, gay artist living in San Francisco in the 1980’s would be much appreciated.
For a bit on Chicago-based artist Etienne, click here.
Posted in Art and Artists, Collecting, History, Leather, San Francisco
Tagged Art, BDSM, Boots, BrandX, Culture, Gay, Gay Artist, History, Homoerotic, Kink, Leather, Michael Palmer, Palmer, San Francisco, Sexy, SOMA, Whip, Willie Walker
Gung Hay Fat Choy! Sexy Gay Maoist Satire From Musk Ming.
Gay ex-patriot Chinese artist Musk Ming lives and works in Berlin. He “beats the communists with their own aesthetics” and “appropriates the saccharine Maoist propaganda illustration style to explore the ancient gay tradition of China.” Indeed he does. For more sexy Chinese New Years, click here, here and here.
Posted in Art and Artists, China, Sexy Holidays
Tagged Art, Berlin, China, Chinese New Year, Culture, Ex-patriot, Gay, Gung Hay Fat Choy, Maoist, Musk Ming, Propaganda, Sexy
Richard Bolingbroke in Hearts and Healing: group show celebrating love and healing.
Richard Bolingbroke in his studio
“Please join Richard Bolingbroke, Page Hodel and Gregg Cassin for the opening reception of Hearts and Healing, a group show celebrating love and healing, produced by the Queer Cultural Center and the SF LGBT Center.
Richard Bolingbroke and Gregg Cassin have been active in the San Francisco art scene for over 20 years. Richard founded the Gay and Lesbian Artist Alliance in 1989. Page is a renowned DJ who created The Box and Club Q
Page will be showing photographs of her heart installations she creates every Monday, as a tribute to her beloved partner Madalene Rodriguez whom she lost to ovarian cancer These hearts are a celebration of the power and glory of love.
Gregg will be showing mixed media works that use found images, sacred texts and vintage artifacts to create contemporary icons, with the themes of suffering, transformation and the sacredness of each individual.
Richard will be showing paintings from his Rituals and Meditations series. These watercolors celebrate the transformative powers of life, love and death using a personal iconography of myth, magic and beauty
Enjoy special Reception music by Page Hodel, yummy treats, tasty libations and the delightful company of all three artists. The show will be up until March 15, should you be unable to make the opening reception extravaganza.”
San Francisco LGBT Community Center Gallery
1800 Market Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA
Opening: Thursday, February 17 · 6:00pm – 8:00pm
For more on Richard Bolingbroke, click here.
Posted in Art and Artists, Photography, San Francisco
Tagged Art, Culture, Gay, Hearts and Healing, LGBT, Photography, QCC, Queer Cultural Center, Richard Bolingbroke, San Francisco, SF LGBT Center
Have a Beary Happy Hairy Valentine’s Day!
This from artist Don Chooi over at Bearotic, the entertainment site for “bears and the furry at heart.” Note that there is NO sign saying “Don’t feed the bears.” So it MUST be alright…
The Gay Highwaymen 