Mammoth
13, 2003, oil and dry pastel on paper, 18.5" x 24"
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Explaining maleness
Paintings & drawings
Anahita Vossoughi
January 18, 2005
iranian.com
The male form, sexuality, romance, and aggression
have been the focal points of my recent work. I am interested
in how I view men, how men view themselves and what that means
to me as a heterosexual woman.
Princes, romeos, and warriors are archetypes that
perpetuate the fears and fantasies that women have about men.
My paintings take these characters and often confront them against
themselves. Beautiful men faun over each other and beefcakes
are thrown togeather to fight, play and examine themselves in
an effort to explain their maleness.
The bodily contact displayed between these men
disregards the harsh confines of simply heterosexual or homosexual
preferences, but instead creates scenarios in which men are explored
in a more all encompassing sexual realm. -- 5/20/04, New York
City
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