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- BROOKLYN ARTIST LOUIS FRATO IS DEPICTG GAY MALE SEX AND INTIMACY THE MORE CHILL GEN Z ERA OF PREP
- THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE
BROOKLYN ARTIST LOUIS FRATO IS DEPICTG GAY MALE SEX AND INTIMACY THE MORE CHILL GEN Z ERA OF PREP
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THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE
5Quickly, Hockney also sought to rporate allns to his own homosexualy his patgs, spired by the texts of Christopher Isherwood and Alan Rechy, which revelled the explos of their homosexual characters.
At the time, homosexualy was illegal England, so Hockney pated self-portras. He was gay and pated himself, effectively creatg gay art, but flyg unr the radar.
But Hockney also started his Love Patgs, which celebrated homosexual love by rporatg phallic elements tanm wh fantastil lors and imagery. This was his attempt to fe the dividual, the real, and the imagary to provi a homosexual space of pleasure and actualized sire. Bohemian liftyl were the new fad, artists were weled wh arms wi open, and the gay scene was bubblg wh possibili.