viiviid – i m p u l s a t i n g from Serene Minimalism collection (2016)
This is quite lovely but I would argue that it’s not–strictly speaking–pornography.
But, you inquire, there’s a great big old erect phallus carefully positioned and–presumably–ready to get down to business.
I mean, yes…that’s true. But notice there’s nowhere for it to go.I mean you can argue it’s going there but I don’t see it like that.
There’s something here about anticipation–a desire without a means of satiation.
The image possesses an unresolved tension. In the face of that tension, other things effervesce; for example: the style of this is exactly half woodcut, and half Matisse cut-out.
It also reminds me a bit of shunga–which tends to exaggerate the act of sexual congress but also features awkward positioning or feet and arms. I mean it’s clearly that the cock haver’s feet are splayed out to the left and right but they don’t seem to completely align quite right.
I do really love the tension between the two hands. The hand on the kneeling figure’s left flank is so worshipful and reverent. Whereas the other hand is so forceful–holding it just below the elbow joint allowing it to both pull back and twist the arm, rendering it immobile and to a degree controlling the body to which its attached much the way a leash and maneuver a pet.
Acetylene Eyes 