Look closely at the nude male portraits from Eric Roman Beining‘s Spread series. If you make the mistake of rushing through—like I did the first time I saw them—you might miss the kaleidoscopic penises swirling about each of the images’ colorful backgrounds. Those aren’t there just for fun! They’re a blatant statement by the artist on the male physique.
“Spread uses irony (through hyperbolically scaled erections) to critique the de-sexed male body in advertising,” Eric explained to me via e-mail. “Men in advertising are sexy but tend to lack an actual sexual quality and this series confronts that catch-22.”
If you’re curious to know more about the project, there’s an extended artist’s statement available here. The rest of you can casually glimpse at these shots and proceed to say “I don’t get it” or completely ignore the concept and talk about which models you do or don’t want to fuck. Not that I’m skeptical of your ability to appreciate art or anything! Nope. Not at all.
Admittedly, I think these pieces would be more effective within a gallery setting like the one above, rather than plastered across the pages of Manhunt Daily. You’re used to seeing dicks and objectifying men here, so it almost defeats the purpose to present you with a series about the desexualization of the male form in art and print media… Though maybe not! Again, I hope that some of you connect with these pieces.
– Dewitt
Photo credit: Eric Roman Beining
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How stupid! As a photographer I am insulted by bad photography that is only created for shock value (if you can call this photography).
It just looks like a tacky 80’s photoshoot, all those neon colors.
I am with U Greg although I am not a photographer it seems to me that the leave just take away from any artistic aspect that the photo might have had .
He probably got an NEA grant for this S#&t. Terrible.
Pic 3, 7 is Oliver from Seancody.
very well places leaves hehe
D–all the above… lol