When I attend a guided tour in a museum, I feel quite embarrassed, almost amused. And entertained by the whispered theories of its visitors. Ashamed faces when confronted with erotic art are probably the most enjoyable. /HORST
Mythology and male anatomy. His works inherit a Japanese momentum, this very notion of directness hidden behind surreal expression. The explicit, masochistic and sexual seemingly tolerated when stylised. And almost like a gay artist's tradition, Sadao Hasegawa committed suicide following the example of Mishima Yukio and leaving behind works of undaunted kitsch. /HORST
After Metamorphoses of an American, Karl enlights us with another photographic examination of male beauty. As his muse and latest protégé appears Baptiste Giabiconi. A book that will surely serve as nice addition to any private library. /HORST
Photo wallpapers, magazine advertisements and erotic films melt into idyllic landscapes. Jochen Klein who died young recognizes in these motifs the vocabulary of a collective consciousness which despite the tendency to clichés reveals intimate desires.