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sylvia sleigh s male art arnold zwicky s blog arnold zwicky s blog a blog mostly about language two impressively eccentric artists discourse referents in hypothetical worlds sylvia sleigh s male art a follow up to the last bonus section of my posting on michael heizer and lynda benglis a section about sylvia sleigh and her gaze reversal paintings around 1970 from feminist principles she painted a series of works reversing stereotypical artistic themes by featuring nude men in poses that were traditionally associated with women like the reclining venus or odalisque i ve now collected images of five of these paintings in a posting on azblogx not only witty but also sexually arousing and meant to be the images of the men are all stylized but only a bit they are also portraits of their subjects a sixth painting from 1965 of sleigh s husband lawrence alloway which i can show here because the man s genitals are not actually visible though along with his torso they are a central feature of the work 1 the five from azblogx in chronological order after the alloway above 1 portrait of allan robinson 1968 reclining on a sofa 2 paul rosano in jacobson chair 1971 the same danish modern chair as in the alloway above rosano with his wiry black hair and body hair was one of sleigh s favorite models 3 imperial nude paul rosano 1975 another reclining nude 4 at the turkish bath 1976 a gender reversed version of ingres s the turkish bath 1863 which depicts a group of art critics including alloway bottom right and rosano top right 5 portrait of an actor sean pratt 1994 posed on a sofa gazing directly at the viewer all the men have soft penises as in most male art and photography that s not directly intended to be pornographic the poses are taken from classical female nudes not from cheescake or beefcake images given the paintings that served as models for sleigh s works the figures in them are all alert but passive receptive unmoving while in much homoerotic male art the figures are muscular and active or else caught in attractively vulnerable sleep so overall the feel and tone of feminist male art is different from homoerotic male art but gay men can still find feminist male art arousing it does after all objectify and celebrate the male body and of course straight women can find homoerotic male art arousing final note sleigh s figure painting includes much more than these gender reversed nude studies there are fully clothed portraits of single figures couples and larger groups and nude studies of women singly and in couples and larger groups and of women together with men again in couples or larger groups most impressively here s sleigh s a i r group portrait 1977 78 a sizable oil 76 in x 82 in 2 from left to right back row daria dorosh nancy spero dottie attie mary grigoriadis blythe bohnen loreta dunkelman howardena pindell sylvia sleigh patsy norvel second row sari dienes anne fealy agnes denes laurace james rachel bas cohain louis kramern third row pat lasch maude boltz clover vail kazuko front row mary beth edelson donna byers on a i r from wikipedia a i r was the first all female cooperative gallery in the united states it was founded in 1972 with the objective of providing a professional and permanent exhibition space for women artists during a time in which the works shown at commercial galleries in new york city were almost exclusively by male artists a i r is an alternative means to exhibit women s art the gallery was originally located in soho at 97 wooster street and was located on 111 front street in the dumbo neighborhood of brooklyn until 2015 in may 2015 a i r gallery moved to its current location at 155 plymouth st brooklyn the name air arose when in a first meeting artist member howardena pindell suggested jane eyre from that came air then a i r this was also a reference to the artist in residence certification given by the city to allow artists to live in otherwise illegal soho commercial spaces share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like this like loading this entry was posted on august 26 2016 at 6 30 pm and is filed under art gender and sexuality phallicity you can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2 0 feed you can leave a response or trackback from your own site one response to sylvia sleigh s male art blog some saturday links a bit more detail says august 27 2016 at 6 32 am reply zwicky describes the female gaze of the paintings of men done by sylvia loading leave a reply cancel reply powered by wordpress com entries rss and comments rss discover more from arnold zwicky s blog subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive type your email subscribe continue reading d