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There is a new blog online that, I hope, will become a great resource for men into gay art with a Japanese flare.
Masahiko created the blog as an extension of his own passion. "I’m Japanese, and have been dealing in Japanese art for many years now, in countries around the world. Now I’m living in Melbourne, Australia, and have recently fulfilled a long held dream to deal in gay art from Japan.
"Through my blog I’m hoping to provide a rich tapestry of Japanese gay art, both erotic and non-erotic. I’ll also be providing information on events, exhibitions, and new artworks for sale."
he's already printed a great interviews with Masahiro Yamanaka and Jiraiya.
And if you're an art collector (and have some expendable cash laying around) he's selling some of his collection.
The Gay Japanese Art blog can be found here!
"My all-time favorite pastime is painting. I am an artist, and painting is my passion. I have been painting since I was a teenager. I studied painting in college. Currently, I am working on a series of 20 abstract paintings inspired by some of the cities around the world I have visited in the last few years. Sometimes it is hard to find time to paint because I work at a bank during the week and go to the beach on the weekends, but I do find a few days now and then to let my creativity run wild. So far I have finished 5 paintings in this new series. Just 15 more paintings to go. I imagine doing that would take me another year to finish. Some day I will have an art show at a gallery to exhibit my paintings. That is one of my dreams."
See more of Dan's art by clicking below.
Viscount Mizi, whose given name was Xia, was a favorite, and a Great Master, during the reign of king Ling of Wei: he was the beloved of the king.* According to the law of the kingdom, the use of the king's carriage without permission was forbidden to all, upon pain of having one's feet cut off. One time it happened that Mizi's mother took gravely ill, and a breathless messenger came running to the palace in the middle of the night to bring him the news. He, without a second thought, jumped into the king's carriage and took off. When the king found out, instead of punishing him he praised him, saying: "What a devoted son! For his mother he risks even losing his own feet!"
Another time, on a warm summer afternoon, he was strolling with the king through the royal orchard. A beautiful peach on a low-lying branch caught his eye and he plucked it. Biting down on it he found it sweet, so he offered the rest to the king. The king, touched by the intimate gesture, said: "He loves me to the point of forgetting his own mouth and giving it to me!"
Later, the beauty of the viscount began to fade,** and the king's love with it. When the viscount was one time accused of a crime, the king said: "That one once hijacked my carriage, and he even gave me a half-eaten peach to eat!" Mizi Xia had not done anything unusual. If the ruler was now accusing him of a crime instead of praising him like he used to, that was because the king's love had now turned to hate.
Ever since those days, when people in China speak of male love, one of the names they give it is "the pleasures of the bitten peach."
The first openly gay artist in Singapore, Tan Peng held a pioneering exhibition of homo-erotic art entitled "Out of the Closet" in the early 1990s.
It consisted mainly of realist charcoal sketches depicting amongst other subjects, furtive sex between two men in a toilet cubicle, an obese naked man squatting next to a child and a frank, nude self-portrait. These three samples of his work were published in the Straits Times. They did not provoke any adverse reactions as any genitalia depicted were minuscule. However, when interviewed by the periodical, a male member of the general public remarked that artists should keep their sexuality under wraps and not be so blatant about it.
From February 20-28, 1993, Tan Peng and American artist, John C. Goss , held Singapore's first openly gay-themed art exhibition entitled Flowing Forest, Burning Hearts, at The Substation public gallery. This two-man show was Tan's third exhibition of homoerotic work, but the first in which he came out publicly in the press as a gay man. His large pastel drawings tackled issues of importance to local gays: oppression, pressure to marry, invisibility, repressive religions, safer sex and HIV caregiving, and police entrapment.
The James Irvine Foundation held a ceremony this month in Sacramento to announce and honor the recipients of the 2009 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards. Now in its fourth year, the awards celebrate extraordinary leaders who are advancing innovative and effective solutions to significant state issues. The awards are intended to publicize proven solutions that can inform policymaking and better the lives of more Californians.
One of the awardees, receiving $125,000, is Tim Dang, East West Players, Los Angeles.
The nation's oldest professional theater of color, East West Players has been the stage for major Asian American actors (Tony Award-winner B.D. Wong, Star Trek's George Takei and House's Kal Penn, among others). Under Dang's leadership, East West Players has also become a full-fledged regional theater and multicultural hub. Dang has expanded the public's understanding of "Asian American" by showcasing a wide range of Asian characters and cultures, as well as non-Asian artists. He has brought new playwrights and audiences (nearly half of whom are non-Asian) to the theater through his emerging playwrights contest, innovative new works and creative outreach strategies. Dang's influence extends well beyond his theater, with East West Players' school performances and workshops aimed at bridging the gap among students of different racial backgrounds.
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