Go Mishima’s body of work is a testament to the tenacity and overwhelming presence of homo-eroticism and its aesthetic emergence across the globe. In contrast to both Tom of Finland and Japanese conservative society he is a special case in the hidden histories of queer culture, sex, and desire. His beautifully rendered visions of lust and intimacy are available exclusively online at 19th Gramercy Gallery gramercygallery.net until September 1st.
In no other medium are the visual pulses of erotic fantasy better manifested than in illustration. Beyond film or photography, an illustrator wields total control; from the hues in the flesh of his models to the re-proportioning of their anatomy (skeletal, muscular and genital distortions are too common). The illustrator creates context, all subtle details compiled to give an exact and comprehensive perspective on sex and the experience of it, real or not. Homo-erotic illustration has been dominated by Tom of Finland who has erased away all other artists in an already obscure genre. He’s left in their place his conception of the 70’s and 80’s, a gay world of authoritative archetypes- the well known scenes of a cop in jodhpurs with a comically large cock, squeezed by an equally beefy hooligan in the bushes. MORE PICS POST JUMP.