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Gung Hay Fat Choy! Sexy Gay Maoist Satire From Musk Ming.

Posted on February 20, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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.

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Richard Bolingbroke in Hearts and Healing: group show celebrating love and healing.

Posted on February 15, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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.

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Hard Time Cupid gets his Valentine’s Day Happy On

Posted on February 15, 2011 by | 5 comments

Point. And. Shoot!

When we first published this, we had no idea about the provenance on this delicious vintage-looking image.

Patrick Mulcahey informs us that the model is John Pruitt, a favorite of Colt Publishing. Gerard Koskovich ids the photographer as Jim French, aka Rip Colt. Thanks, Guys!

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Have a Beary Happy Hairy Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 14, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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…

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Febe’s “Leather David” Sculptor Mike Caffee at the Powerhouse

Posted on February 13, 2011 by | 3 comments

Leather David Home and Bath

History in the bars! In 1966, artist Mike Caffee created the iconic “Leather David [that] became one of the best-known symbols of San Francisco leather. [It]  appeared on pins, posters, calendars, and matchbooks…and plaster casts”*

Forty-five years later, Caffee is still on Folsom St., now at the Powerhouse, where he will be presenting a slide-show in conjunction with Forever Folsom, Jose Guevara’s Valentine’s Party at The Powerhouse 1347 Folsom Street San Francisco. 7-10 pm. Sunday, February 13th, 2011. For more, click here.

*Gayle Rubin, excerpted from “The Miracle Mile: South of Market and Gay Male Leather, 1962-1997″ in Reclaiming San Francisco: History, Politics, Culture (City Lights: 1998)

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Gung Hay Fat Choy! Another Happy New Year of the Manga Rabbit

Posted on February 8, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Better the carrot than the stick. OTOH, the stick can be a good thing, too! For more happy new year of the sexy rabbits: here, here and here.

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mundies

Posted on February 8, 2011 by | 2 comments

meme: a shortening of the word mimeme, from the Greek for ‘to imitate’ originating from mimos, ‘to mime’…

In an online photo context, let’s call it ‘monkey see, monkey do’…

(wikipedia entry)

Over at some of my other hangouts, photo memes are a means to generate quick content, interact with others and often a chance to show off the booty…

Mundies is short for Monday Undies. Allow me to demonstrate:

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I have a thing for underwear; I have a thing for no underwear. I have a thing for underwear as outerwear.

What can I say, other than, “If you wear ’em, share ’em!”

From your KC ‘mo, Gryphon

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Just another Homotexual Sunday: Pictures for Gay Word Nerds.

Posted on February 7, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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Words Seen! Like these? More here. For real concrete poetry, try this.

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cock blocks

Posted on February 6, 2011 by | 7 comments

cock blocks by gryphon

Last Friday was First Friday, the monthly art crawl event in the Crossroads Arts District here in snow-blasted KCMO. February is the annual group erotic show over at the Slap-N-Tickle Gallery, my favorite queer little art place…

These are my contribution to the show, the only good kind of cock block I have seen to date. LOL

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Media: ink and paint on leather, individual sizes are 5.25×1.5 inches or 8.25×1.5 inches…

Enjoy!

Your KC ‘mo, Gryphon

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More Gai Comi. Bear and Rabbit. Happy Manga Bara Bunny New Year!

Posted on February 5, 2011 by | 2 comments

Bara Bunny

Big Black Bara has his way with scared little white whabbit. Japan and China meet, and not for the first time. Italy watches, takes notes. America looks on. Happy New Year 4079…or 2011. Depending.

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