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Male Beauty in Art

@malebeautyinart / malebeautyinart.tumblr.com

Appreciation of the beauty of the male form in different art forms from various periods in human history. I own none of these works of art; all are found around the web. Run by: romuvulcan and mariaborgart.
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blackcontemporaryart

Jordan Casteel Sterling, Galen, Ato (Top to Bottom, all 2014)

Black men are my brothers, father, family, friends, and colleagues. Black men are more than the hyper-sexualized and violent individuals portrayed by society. In this body of work, I seek to explore the vulnerability, power, and humanity of black masculinity. I want the viewer to become directly involved in the observed domestic environment of the subject. I do this by painting each man in an intimate relationship to his environment. The portraits reflect the variation within their spaces as an extension of the subject’s character, and so, I urge the audience to connect to the uniqueness of an individual instead of a social idea. Each subject has a mood, essence, and experience.
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Adam Collier Noel

Equilibrating

50x50 inches

Inspired by an original vintage photograph of a man doing a handstand on the beach, Equilibrating combines paper collage, a painted target, photographic transfer, gold leaf, and an matte epoxy resin surface. My relocation from the Midwest to South Florida is the impetus for an ongoing series of artwork with a personal narrative of self-discovery. The subsequent body of work serves as a enigmatic visual diary of artistic development and speaks to the power of transformation through translocation. Uprooting one’s life for a new and unfamiliar destination should be considered one of the great feats of strength in this world. I equate this undertaking with the exertion of a handstand; an acrobatic action that takes courage, determination, balance and at any moment can come crashing down. The piece is a reminder that advancing from point A to point B can be a defining journey full of ‘handstand’ moments in which we attempt daring acts and find either harmony, instability or both.

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The Golden Boy by Larry R. Collins

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"Tattoo" by James Childs, 2010.

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Adam Collier Noel

Fragile Equanimity 

36x72 inches

Inspired by an original vintage photograph of a man doing a handstand on the beach, Fragile Equanimity combines paper ephemera, photographic transfer, paint with an beautiful UV polymer varnish surface.

My relocation from the Midwest to South Florida is the impetus for an ongoing series of artwork with a personal narrative of self-discovery. The subsequent body of work serves as a enigmatic visual diary of artistic development and speaks to the power of transformation through translocation. Uprooting one’s life for a new and unfamiliar destination should be considered one of the great feats of strength in this world. I equate this undertaking with the exertion of a handstand; an acrobatic action that takes courage, determination, balance and at any moment can come crashing down. The piece is a reminder that advancing from point A to point B can be a defining journey full of ‘handstand’ moments in which we attempt daring acts and find either harmony, instability or both.

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