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Art @ Large
presents:
"X-mas"
A Group Exhibition

Image by Fred Hatt

Private Collector's Preview will be held on Thursday, December 9, 2004, 6 - 9:00 PM
RSVP only -- via email: xmas@artatlarge.com or via phone: 212.957.8371

An on-line gallery is available.

Our gift to you: Many of our artists inventories discounted! Annie Sprinkle, Barbara Nitke, John John Jesse, Pet Silvia, Charles Gatewood, Fred Hatt, The Quentin Crisp Archives, Rev. Steven Johnson Leyba, Carolyn Weltman, Spider Webb, Michael Rosen, Frances Turner, David Hochbaum, Brian Viveros, Sonja Wagner, L. A. Willette, Morrie Cramer, Andy Kane, Bill Fogarty, Etienne and Luger.

Art @ Large
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM -- or call. Free admission.
The Film Center Building
630 Ninth Avenue No. 707, New York, NY 10036 · Map · 212.957.8371
Art @ Large Website

Infusion Gallery
presents:
A Group Showing

"Takeyla", by Evan Lehrer

Opening Reception: Thursday, December 9, 6 - 11 PM, Free admission.

Featured Artists: JENIK, VERONIKA CONSTANTINE, DOVER, J. ABRAMS, ARA TEVKANTZ, GREG WILSEN, EBAN LEHRER, SOPHIA LOUISA LEE, JAJA DARIO, WOOSTER, CHARLIE MOREY, MAX EMADI

Infusion Gallery
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Sunday: 12:00 NOON - 7:00 PM,
Monday & Tuesday by appointment
828 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014 · Map · 213.683.8827

Eban Lehrer Website

Clair Obscur Gallery
presents:
"Bettie Page... Uncensored"
Images by Bunny Yeager Photography

Opening Reception: November 6, 7 - 10 PM, RSVP Only
Camera Club Photography Reception, December 4, 4 - 10 PM

Clair Obscur Gallery
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 1 - 7 PM and by appointment.
4310 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029 · Map · 626.825.2442

Adonis Art
presents paintings by:
Myles Antony
"Latest Paintings"

Dream Team by Myles Antony

On-Line Gallery Available

For many years Myles Antony was one of London's foremost gay artists holding highly successful annual exhibitions at Adonis Art. Three years ago he spread his wings and flew home to live in his native city Dublin.

Adonis Art
1b Coleherne Road, London SW10 9BS UK
Phone (from US): 011 44 20 7460 3888
Phone (from UK): 020 7460 3888
Monday - Friday 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Adonis Website

Stormy Leather
presents:
Jeff Compasso

Image: Jeff Compasso

Stormy Leather
Open Daily 12 - 7 PM
1158 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 · Map · 415.626.1672
Stormy Leather Website

Jeff Compasso Website

The Tom of Finland Foundation
presents:
A Special Selection of Artwork
For the Holiday Season

Image: Tom of Finland

Call for an appointment!
Check our Calendar Page for our holiday office schedule

A special selection of artwork is being made available for sale by the Foundation for the holidays. The pieces are framed and ready to go! All price ranges. It was previewed by the Volunteers at the Potluck on Dec. 8th. Please call for an appointment if you wish to see this selection. Many other pieces are available, as well (unframed and framed). We consider ART to be the ideal Christmas present! If you don't live in the Los Angeles area you might want to browse our on-line galleries now. Let us help you find the perfect gift!

Foundation Headquarters
1421 Laveta Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90026 · 213.250.1685
(Echo Park) Map

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
presents:
"Rick Herold: Nudes"
A 30-Year Retrospective Exhibition

Love Mandala, 2003 by Rick Herold

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 23, 2004, 2 - 5 PM, Free admission.

In 1965, Herold exhibited his first major show at the Feigen-Palmer Gallery in Los Angeles. PBS focused their documentary, Metallic Venus, around this exhibit and Herold’s career catapulted into a new arena. Throughout the 1960s and ‘70s, Herold focused primarily on the male nude and later shifted his focus to tantric symbolism. Eventually, he revisited the sensual male nude, which he continues to explore today. Though his subjects have changed courses, two things have always remained consistent: his exploration of sexuality and the body as a spiritual temple—or, as he calls it, “sacred sexuality”—and the distinct technique of reverse painting on plexi-glass and clear vinyl.

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
Gallery Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday: 1:30 PM - 9:00 PM,
Thursday, Friday: 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM, Saturday: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
909 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007 · Map · 213.741.0094

ONE Website

Seattle Erotic Art Festival
and
The Sex-Positive Community Center
present a:
Call for Art

Artwork: © 2003 Steven Miller

Deadline: Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Seattle Erotic Art Festival Website

Flazh!Alley Studio
presents:
"Men in Tutus"
Photography by Miriam L. Preissel

"Chris" By Miriam L. Preissel

General Public Viewing on December 2, 2004, 7 - 10 PM
as part of San Pedro's 1st Thursday Artwalk.
Adults only, please.

Flash!Alley Studio
Gallery Hours: By appointment and invitation. Adults only.
1113 S. Pacific Ave. Suite 'B', San Pedro, CA 90731 · Map · 310.833.3633
(Park in The Ramona Bakery parking lot on 11th St.)
e-mail: flazhalley@aol.com

Visual AIDS
presents:
An Evening with John Dugdale
Photographer

John Dugdale, In the Forty-Second Year of His Age, 2002

7 PM
Suggested donation $10, SVA students $5

Venue:
School of Visual Arts Amphitheater
209 East 23 Street, New York, NY 10010 · Map

Visual AIDS 
526 W. 26th St. # 510, New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212.627.9855 · Fax: 212.627.9815
e-mail: info@visualAIDS.org

Visual AIDS Website

The
Tom of Finland Foundation
Life Drawing Workshop
Nude Figure Drawing & Painting

Model: Alfredo

Our monthly drawing workshop.
Artists, plan to attend!

The Foundation is a friendly and positive place to practice your artistic skills.
Scholarship funds available.

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
$15 donation at the door

Foundation Headquarters
1421 Laveta Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90026
(Echo Park) Map

For more information contact: Joe Hilton 323.851.7720 Ext. 2

Visual AIDS
presents:
Postcards From The Edge
A Benefit

One day only, 3:00 - 6:00 PM
No entrance fee.

SPECIAL PREVIEW EVENT:
Saturday, December 4, 6 - 9 PM.
Cover charge $50

This Event's Venue:
Brent Sikkema
530 W. 22nd St., New York, NY 10011 · 212.929.2262 · Map
Brent Sikkema Website

Visual AIDS 
526 W. 26th St. # 510, New York, NY 10001 · Map
Phone: 212.627.9855 · Fax: 212.627.9815 
e-mail: info@visualAIDS.org 

Visual AIDS Website

Artist Bound
presents:
2nd Annual Erotic Art Exhibition
and Silent Auction

Painting by Larissa de O. Morais

Auction preview Friday, December 3rd. Please call for details.

Artist Reception Saturday, December 4, 9 PM - 1 AM
($10 donation for artist reception.)

Venue: SOHO Gallery
Exhibition hours: Saturday, December 4th 12 - 7 PM · Sunday, December 5th 12 - 4 PM
12202 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604 · Map · 818.766.5569 · RSVP 626.825.2442
Artist Bound Website
SOHO Gallery Website

Wim Griffith
presents an:
Open Studio Art Show

Hours both days: 11 AM - 5 PM

Wim Griffith Studio
3314 Country Club Drive, Lakewood, CA. 90712 · Map · 562-421-4330
Wim Griffith Website

GET READY FOR...

Tom of Finland Foundation
benefit
"HIDE & INK"
A Night of Leather & Tattoos

Rick Castro		Kira Od		Tom of Finland 1962		Hector Silva

Saturday -- November 6, 2004
9 PM - 1 AM -- $6 Donation -- $4 for Foundation Members

CONTEST & PRIZES FOR BEST LEATHER & TATTOOS
Get your hides on-stage!

Got a tat? We'll be taking photos of body art.

Into tats? Then this is a special night for you!

Vintage Tattoo Art Parlor will be here.
Temporary tattoos available! All kinds of tattoo demos!

Artist Kira Od leaves her mark on you!
Hector Silva, artist, shows us his work!
Photographer Rick Castro previews his new book!

Plus our usual raffles & surprises!

Folks with "Tom of Finland" tattoos get in free!

Proceeds Used To Benefit The Tom of Finland Foundation

Our special thanks to these supporters of this event:

And our host venue: Faultline Bar 4216 Melrose (at Vermont), Los Angeles, CA  90029 · MAP · 323.660.0889 Faultline Bar website

The Erotic Museum
presents its
Inaugural Exhibition
including the
Tom of Finland Collection

Tom Kelly,1949		Tom of Finland, 1982		Picasso Catalog, 1975

$12.95 No one under 18 will be admitted. 
SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION MEMBERS.

The Erotic Museum, the nation's second museum devoted to sex and sexuality, throws open its doors in the heart of Tinseltown's tourist district mere steps away from the Hollywood Wax Museum and the star-studded Walk of Fame. The Museum gives visitors everything from Pablo Picasso etchings to David LaChappelle photographs, from Playboy pinups and Vargas girls to Tom of Finland men. Andy, Michael Angel, Mark I. Chester, Philip Core, David Crocker, Etienne, Gary Felgemaker, Shimo Himo, The Hun, Ross Johnston, Nigel Kent, Michael Kirwan, Rolf Lutzerath, Marcello, Muscle Matt, Goh Mishima, John McAlister, Olaf, Palanca, Roger Payne, Rex, Teddy of Paris, and Alann de Vuyst. This Inaugural Exhibition will include original Tom of Finland drawings and a selection of works from other artists on-loan from the Foundation. Please inquire -- some pieces are for sale.

Read more about the Museum in the Foundation's Dispatch

The Erotic Museum
Gallery Hours: Sunday - Thursday 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, Friday - Saturday 10:00 AM - Midnight.
6741 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 · Map · 323. GO. EROTIC
The Erotic Museum  Website

Bear Cafe
presents:
"2nd Annual Bake-Off"
A Benefit for Manhattan's LGBT Community Center

3 - 6 PM

Cake... As Art!

The 2004 Bake-Off theme is: "It's a Queer World After All". Come view some truly gorgeous and outlandish cakes. Sample some delicious pies, pastries, cookies and other desserts by folks in our big ol' Lesbian, Bear/Cub/Admirer, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Heterosexual community. Here's a truly 'tasteful' way to show the rest of our community just how fabulous YOU are! Artists and groups are invited to pre-register. See Bear Cafe's website for details.

Venue:
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 · Map · 212.620.7310
The LGBT Community Center Website

Bear Cafe
P.O. Box 20043, West Village Station, New York, NY 10014
Bear Cafe Website

TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
and
The Barracks
present a
Palm Springs Fundraiser

4:00 PM - 8:00 PM - $5 suggested donation.

Top off the Palm Springs Leather Pride Weekend by joining your friends at this benefit and beer/soda bust for the Foundation. Join in the Victory Celebration for Mr. Palm Springs Leather 2005. Raffle items? Of course!

On display: the six Tom of Finland images selected by the Judith Rothschild Foundation to be donated in 2006 to the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

The Barracks
67625 E Palm Canyon Dr., Cathedral City, CA 92234 · 760.321.9688
The Barracks Website

David Crocker
presents:
"Alone in the Studio 2"
An Open Tour and Sale

Saturday, November 20 from 11 AM to 6 PM
Sunday, November 21 from 11 AM to 6 PM

David Crocker
1329 Lucile Ave Los Angeles, CA 90026. (South of Sunset in Silverlake) · Map
Phone: 323.573.0846
David Crocker E-mail

Jeff Compasso
presents:
A Gallery Show & Open Studio

Saturday, November 20 from 5 PM to 11 PM
Sunday, November 21 from 1 PM to 7 PM

Internationally exhibited photographer Jeff Compasso will host a Gallery Show / Open Studio at his home in West Hollywood's Harper Avenue Historic District. Come join Jeff for hors d'oeuvres & cocktails, see his latest fine art and erotic nudes, AND meet his models! Gallery prints will be available for sale.

Jeff Compasso
The West Hollywood home of the artist (address given upon RSVP).
Phone 323.654.8079
Jeff Compasso Website

Adonis Art
presents:
"Men Exposed"
Photography by Peter Arnold

An on-line gallery is available.

"In this exhibition - MEN EXPOSED - Peter Arnold exhibits a powerful exploration of the male nude. Photographed in black and white, this extraordinary collection of images displays a unique sense of style and harmony. "The hallmark of Peter's vision is his dedication to perfection. The models were carefully selected for their honed bodies, each bursting with sexual tension and vitality. Masterly moulded by light to enhance the flesh tones and textures, the models were arranged, contorted and composed for the shoot. Every muscle was lit in clear relief, the shots refined to the smallest detail, leaving nothing to chance. The result - modern man has been seductively transformed into glowing sculptures reminiscent of the form and performance of the ancient Gods."

Adonis Art
Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM, Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Free entry.
1b Coleherne Road, London SW10 9BS UK
Phone (from US): 011 44 20 7460 3888
Phone (from UK): 020 7460 3888
Adonis Website

Art @ Large
presents:
"Illuminata: Are You Curious?"
Images by Barbara Nitke

An on-line gallery is available.

Illuminata: Are you curious? focuses on the concept of abandon, continuing Barbara Nitke's exploration of the alternative sexual world. "The work is about losing oneself into a place beyond control," she says, "giving over to something which is fierce, raw and primitive, in search of a transcendent state." Acknowledged by critic A. D. Coleman as one of the most important photographers currently exploring human sexuality, Nitke's work of the last two decades also furthers the debate over what is a fit subject for high art. As publicly funded organizations continue the trend of retreating from controversial subjects, mainstream public acceptance has risen. In a recent issue of Time Magazine, John Cloud observed that "our astonishment at Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs of leather and pain 20 years ago now seems quaint..." She is also a co-plaintiff with the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom in challenging John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States of America, and the federal Communications Decency Act (CDA) which regulates obscenity on the Internet. The case is expected to go to the U. S. Supreme Court.

Art @ Large
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM -- or call. Free admission.
The Film Center Building
630 Ninth Avenue No. 707, New York, NY 10036 · Map · 212.957.8371
Art @ Large Website

665 Leather and Fetish Company
presents:
"Solo... Exhibition"
Art by Hector Silva

665 Leather and Fetish Company Store & Exhibition Hours: Sunday - Thursday, Noon - 8:00 PM Friday - Saturday, Noon - 10:00 PM 8722 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 · Map 310.854.7276 Website Hector Silva Website

The
Tom of Finland Foundation
Life Drawing Workshop
Nude Figure Drawing & Painting

Model: Michael Brandon	Model: Andrew Addams

Our monthly drawing workshop.
Artists, plan to attend!

The Foundation is a friendly and positive place to practice your artistic skills.
Scholarship funds available.

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
$15 donation at the door

Foundation Headquarters
1421 Laveta Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90026
(Echo Park) Map

For more information contact: Joe Hilton 323.851.7720 Ext. 2

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION presents the: 10th Annual Los Angeles EROTIC ART WEEKEND AND FAIR

The Tom of Finland Foundation presents this weekend dedicated to exposing the public to erotic art in all its diversity: international cultures, male, female, transgender and the complete range of alternatives in sexual orientation and expression.

This year at the Fair: An exhibit on the first 20 years of the Foundation, which celebrates its anniversary in November.

This Year at the Fair: On display, for the first time together, the six Tom of Finland images selected by the Judith Rothschild Foundation to be donated in 2006 to the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

This Year at the Fair: Our popular Life Drawing Workshop for artists with live models on both days. Bring your art pad and pencils!

Info Hotline: 323.860.9801

Live Art Gallery and Studios
presents:
"Open Studios"
Artwork by René Capone, Tom Fowler & Sam Russell

Artwork: René Capone's "Waiting for Your Return"

Saturday & Sunday, 11 AM - 6 PM

The Gallery will be freshly stocked with all the goods, and our studio doors left open for all those who wish to see inside the artists' studio. On display will be Rene Capone’s new grouping of watercolor and acrylics, all using the imagery of swords, and figures. Symbolizing themes of “fight or flight” Also on display will be the work of Sam Russell and Tom Fowler. Please come and say hello!

Live Art Gallery and Studios
Gallery Hours: Thursday through Saturday, 5 - 8 PM, and by appointment.
151 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, CA, 94103 · Map · 415.254.3141

René Capone Website
Tom Fowler Website

18th Street Arts Center
presents:
"The Leopard's Spots
Between Art, Performance and Club Culture"

Image: Rick Castro, Little Tea Party 1998

Opening Reception Saturday, August 7, 7 - 9 PM
Fashion performances  at 8 PM.

Rick Castro book signing 13 Years of Bondage Thursday Sept. 16, 6 PM
plus at 7 PM, screenings of
Hustler White presented by Rick Castro &
Days of Pentecost by Lawrence Elbert
including Q&A with the filmmakers. $6

Closing party Saturday, October 16, 7 PM to Midnight.

This exhibition examines the cross-fertilization between visual and performance artists who used the allure of the night club along with the cloak and culture of the street as influence and performative venues. The 18 artists in this exhibition are part of a period within Los Angeles art history whose impact and trajectory now define the landscape of contemporary art practice. Presented is a collection of paintings, photography, art objects, fashion, video, and other memorabilia capturing underground art events and club happenings that ripple with erotics, glamour, and dangerous dark places.  Artists in the show include: Ron Athey, Rick Castro, Ms. Vaginal Davis, Lawrence Elbert, Diane Gamboa , Jeffrey Hilbert, K, Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, Eduardo Lucero, Monica Majoli, Lun*na Menoh, Catherine Opie, Bill Rangel, Miguel Angel Reyes, Paul V & Mr. Dan of Dragstrip Route 66, and Johanna Went.

18th Street Arts Center
1639 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA · Map · 310.453.3711
18th Street Arts Center Website

Clair Obscur Gallery
presents:
"A Modern Day Metamorphosis"
Images by Jeffery Scott

Opening Reception: October 9, 7 - 10 PM, RSVP Only
Slide Lecture: October 21, 7 PM, $5 Donation
Closing Reception: October 31, 5 - 8 PM

Clair Obscur Gallery
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 1 - 7 PM and by appointment.
4310 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029 · Map · 626.825.2442

Western Project
presents:
Tom Sanford
Photographs & New Paintings

Western Project
Hours: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Tuesday through Saturday
3830 Main Street, Culver City, CA 90232 · Map · 310.838.0609
Western Project website

Western Project
presents:
Carole Caroompas
Psychedelic Jungle: New Paintings

Western Project
Hours: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Tuesday through Saturday
3830 Main Street, Culver City, CA 90232 · Map · 310.838.0609
Western Project website

Avalanche Gallery
presents:
"Safety In Numbers"
A Group Show


Artists reception: Tuesday, October 5, 2004, 6 - 8 PM.

Featuring the work of Yasmine Chatila, Albert Crudo, Tess McCardle,
Nelson Santos, D'angelo Thompson and Max Yawney.

Avalanche Gallery
39 East 31st Street, 3rd fl, New York, NY 10016 · Map · Phone: 212.447.9485
Avalanche Gallery Website

BV Mister B
presents:
"Satisfaction"
Photo prints by Cor Heynen

A surprising and kinky exhibition of photo prints by the Dutch photographer Cor Heynen. Opening on Thursday August 5th 2004 at 8:30 PM in the Mister B shop in Amsterdam.

Mister B
Gallery Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 10 AM - 6:30 PM · Thursday 10 AM - 9 PM
Saturday 11 AM - 6 PM · Sunday 1 PM - 6 PM - 6 PM
Warmoes 89, 1012 HZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands · +0031.20.422.0003
Mister B Website

The Reformatory and LAMP Fine Art Gallery
present:
10th Anniversary Erotic Arts Ball
100 Juried Works of Erotica -- Exhibit & Competition
Curator: Jennifer Kaye

8 PM - 3 AM, $25
Masquerade, Erotic, or Formal Attire

8 - 9 PM VIP Champagne Reception -- "Meet The Artists" Awards: $750 L'Esprit, $250 Best of Show 9 PM - 3 AM Erotic Performances Burlesque; Lingerie Retrospective 1920s - 1970s by Dress & Dwell; Trigger -- The Human Equine; Live Erotica Installation by Shiva; Virtual Erotica; Underground Dungeon Interactive Playspace hosted by The Mistresses of House Panopticon; Bands: Human Aftertaste & Abra Cadaver; DJ Alyda --  goth, industrial; Tantra Yoga Performance Troupe; Different Drummers Belly Dancers; and Costume Competition. Art Jury: David Crowe, BFA Ball State -- Event Founder; Jennifer Kaye -- LAMP Fine Art Gallery -- Owner/Director/Curator; Frederic Allamel -- PhD Sorbonne, Art Sociologist, author, lecturer, international art curator.

Venue:
Fletcher Pointe -- A National Historic Landmark
501 Fletcher Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204 · Map
317.925.3839 Miss Ann, Event Producer · 317.624.9803 Jennifer Kaye, Curator
Erotic Arts Ball Website

The Reformatory Website

Art @ Large
presents:
"Smokin' Babes"
Works by Brian Viveros

Opening reception: Thursday, October 14, 2004, 6 - 9 PM.

"Wicked art," is how writer/filmmaker Clive Barker described Viveros' work. Born and raised in California, Brian Viveros began drawing at the early age of four and at age eleven started a long obsession . With no formal training, he began to draw and learn from the masters in comics, fine art, films and fantasy art. The turning point in Brian's career came in 1997 with his participation in "Deep Inside The Art Of Porn" exhibition in Lausanne, Switzerland at The Musee d'art Contemporain Pornographique, curated by Les Barany, (H. R. Giger's agent), who introduced Brian's work to a wide international audience. Since then, Brian's work has been in numerous gallery shows and exhibitions. Work has appeared in Secret Magazine, In the Flesh, Skin Two, Drawing Blood, Darks Art Magazine, and Art Alternatives. His comic book works includes Vesil I, II, III, Hardcore, Snuff, Psycho Hunter and the short story, The Magdalena in Fetish Magazine. Currently he employs the use of airbrush, and charcoal in his paintings on paper. Known mostly for his smoking women and surrealist approach to the female form, Viveros' tattoo'd women robots are prominently featured at this years annual Woodstock Tattoo Festival, along with notables, H.R. Giger, John John Jesse, David Hochbaum, Joe Coleman, Frank Kozik, et al.

Art @ Large
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM -- or call. Free admission.
The Film Center Building
630 Ninth Avenue No. 707, New York, NY 10036 · Map · 212.957.8371
Art @ Large Website

Visual AIDS and The Body
present:
"Intimately Acquainted"
A Web Gallery
Curated by Grady T. Turner

Image: Sam Orwen, Lovers, 1982

Featuring the work of Archive members; Vincent Cianni, Joe De Hoyos, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Keith Haring, Jerry Hooten, Derek Jackson, Jonathan Leiter, Eduardo Mirales, Michael Mitchell, John Morrison, Mark Morrisroe, Luna Luis Ortiz, Sam Orwen, Hugh Steers, Steed Taylor, Gregory Veney, Jorge Veras, David Wojnarowicz and Martin Wong. 

Visual AIDS 
526 W. 26th St. # 510, New York, NY 10001 
Phone: 212.627.9855 · Fax: 212.627.9815 
e-mail: info@visualAIDS.org 

"Intimate Acquaintance" Gallery

Adonis Art
presents:
"A Life of Painting"
Artwork by John Carter
1927 - 2004

An on-line gallery is available.

"John Carter was a Londoner who studied at St Martins and the Slade. He was part of the Toynbee Art Group and the Islington Art Circle. His first solo exhibition was in 1963 and since then he has had many exhibitions in England and Spain, where he went to live with James Darby over 20 years ago. His paintings are in many private collections. "John Carter was devoted to his craft, and it is fair to say that his life truly was... a life of painting."

Adonis Art
Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM, Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Free entry.
1b Coleherne Road, London SW10 9BS UK
Phone (from US): 011 44 20 7460 3888
Phone (from UK): 020 7460 3888
Adonis Website

The
Tom of Finland Foundation
Life Drawing Workshop
Nude Figure Drawing & Painting

Our monthly drawing workshop.
Artists, plan to attend!

The Foundation is a friendly and positive place to practice your artistic skills.
Scholarship funds available.

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
$15 donation at the door

Foundation Headquarters
1421 Laveta Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90026
(Echo Park) Map

For more information contact: Joe Hilton 323.851.7720 Ext. 2

Folsom Street Events
presents:
Folsom Street Fair
Poster Art Finalists Selected

Image: 2001 Fred McMullen

Sunday, September 26, 11 AM - 6 PM

Folsom Street Fair
Folsom Street from 7th to 12th, San Francisco, CA 94103 · Map
Folsom Street Website

The Museum of Sex
presents:
"Getting Off --
Exploring the Pleasure Principle"

Michael Schmelling & Matthew Salacuse
courtesy of Wallspace Gallery, NYC

A groundbreaking contemporary exhibit that takes an uplifting, humorous look at the age-old art of sexual stimulation.

Inspired by discreetly private acts that occur away from public audiences, "Get Off!" features the work of established and emerging artists who investigate sexual titillation as a means to examine their relationship to pleasure. Exploring a range of sexual pleasure themes from masturbation and partnering to voyeurism and fantasy, each artist creates a distinctive site specific installation in media ranging from printmaking to sculpture, photography, furniture design and video. Participating artists are Greg Curry, Jane Dickson, Lisa Dilillo, eteam, Terence Koh, Joseph Maida, Laurel Nakadate & Dora Malech, Tom Otterness, Txuspo Poyo, Mabi Revuelta, Karim Rashid, and Michael Schmelling & Matthew Salacuse. "A positive perspective toward sexual pleasure is a vital and political attitude that makes for an integrated and whole person," says Robin Kahn, a contemporary artist whose work examines issues surrounding gender conditioning and sexual identity, and who organized the exhibit as guest curator. "Seldom do artists have an opportunity to exhibit their sexually-themed work without censorship. I’m thrilled that the Museum of Sex in New York, an institution that champions sexual freedom, has provided this remarkable group of artists such an ideal space."

The Museum of Sex
Gallery Hours: Sunday - Friday 11 AM - 6:30 PM · Saturday 11 AM - 8 PM
Admission is $14.50; $13.50 seniors/students.
233 Fifth Avenue @ 27th Street, New York, NY 10016 · Map  · 866.667.3984
Museum of Sex Website

Photo Impact
presents:
"L. A. Nude"

Click on the above image to discover the artists involved with this showing.

Photo Impact
Gallery Hours: Call during sensible hours.
931 North Citrus Avenue, Hollywood, CA  · Map  · 323.461.0141

Adonis Art
presents:
"Beach Bodies"
Artwork by Cornelius McCarthy

An on-line gallery is also available.

Opening Tuesday September 7, 2004, 6.30 - 8.30 PM.

Adonis Art
Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM, Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Free entry.
1b Coleherne Road, London SW10 9BS UK
Phone (from US): 011 44 20 7460 3888
Phone (from UK): 020 7460 3888
Adonis Website

Art @ Large
presents:
"Punk Électrique"
Works by Punk Rocker John John Jesse

Sid's Kids (2004) by John John Jesse

Opening reception: Thursday, September 9, 2004, 6 - 9 PM.

John John gives us the anarchy of youth. A portrayal of class war struggle, street anarchism, and his past teenage destructive punk rock lifestyle. A heroic fight from the gutter of the streets of the '80s Lower East Side, to the triumph of post-addicted street youth. His ever present attention to detail has certainly become his signature style. The paintings are framed in various woods and metals, both vintage and elaborate moldings sometimes refinished by John John. The models delineation, facial expressions, their clothing and toys, all reflect the artist's pronounced attitude of familiar experiences. Vivid color, built up in translucent layers of colored pencil, gouache, embellished with gold leaf enamel, erupts alongside finely rendered ink drawing and mists of paint. He does this with obsessive detail and flair for originality -- to show us that the only hope beyond the tragedy of life, is the fact that he has survived it with his art.

Art @ Large
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM -- or call. Free admission.
The Film Center Building
630 Ninth Avenue No. 707, New York, NY 10036 · Map · 212.957.8371
Art @ Large Website

Castro Street Fair Inc.
presents:
Castro Street Fair

Image by Jeff Compasso

Sunday, October 3, 2004, 11 AM - 6 PM

Artist Jeff Compasso will exhibiting at the fair.

Venue: 
Castro St & Market St San Francisco, CA 94114  · Map
Castro Street Fair Website

Jeff Compasso Website

Small Press Expo
presents:
SPX 2004
theme: "War"

While not emphasizing the erotic, this event brings together thousands of people involved with the independent comic book scene. Many of the creations involve adult themes and certainly are not intended for children.

SPX will bring together over 300 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, distributors, and each other. SPX will be open to the public from 3 pm Friday, October 1st and run through 8 pm that evening, followed by a big Opening Night Party taking up the hotel bar. The celebration continues all weekend, open Saturday from 10 am to 7 pm, and Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm, culminating in the 7th annual Ignatz Awards Reception. In addition, expect great programming all weekend long for you to enjoy! As with every year, all profits from SPX will go to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, protecting the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals. In 2002, SPX was able to help the CBLDF raise over $13,000.

Venue: Holiday Inn 
Admission is $5; weekend pass is $15.
Holiday Inn Select Bethesda, 8120 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814
  · Map  · 301.652.2000

Small Press Expo Website

www.BlueFood.cc
presents:
"The Blue Ball"
Erotic Art, Spoken Word, Performance and Music

Rick Castro, "She" 1994		Deon Allen, "Checkered"

Main event: Saturday, September 25, 7 PM - ?.
$12 advance, $15 at the door.

www.BlueFood.cc
Venue:
Alwun House Foundation
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday, noon - 6 PM and by appointment.
1204 East Roosevelt, Phoenix, AZ 85006 · Map · 602.253.7887

www.BlueFood.cc Website · Alwun House Foundation Website
Rick Castro Website

Clair Obscur Gallery
presents:
"LA Erotica"
Grand Opening Exhibition with 3 Artists!

Image: Perry Gallagher

Artists' reception Saturday, September 18, 7 - 11 PM.

Free admission.

Opening weekend Clair Obscur will be participating in the 7th Annual Art Crawl.
Special hours: Friday September 17, 1 - 10 PM,
Saturday September 18, 12 - 6 PM, Sunday September 19, 7 - 11 PM.

Clair Obscur Gallery
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 1 - 7 PM and by appointment.
4310 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029 · Map · 626.825.2442
Clair Obscur Gallery Website

Tom of Finland
presents:
"Tom of Finland Party"
The Largest Gay Dance Event In Europe

10 PM - 7 AM

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Tom of Finland Foundation.

Tom's Parties
Venue:
The Industrial Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
Tom's Parties website

Tom of Finland
presents an:
Open House
As part of "Art Crawl 7"

Images provided by participating galleries.

6 - 10 PM

An “open house” with a newly curated exhibition at Foundation HQ.
Free admission -- Over 18 only, please.

Foundation Headquarters
1421 Laveta Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90026 · 213.250.1685
(Echo Park) Map

The
Tom of Finland Foundation
Life Drawing Workshop
Nude Figure Drawing & Painting

Our monthly drawing workshop.
Artists, plan to attend!

The Foundation is a friendly and positive place to practice your artistic skills.
Scholarship funds available.

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
$15 donation at the door

Foundation Headquarters
1421 Laveta Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90026
(Echo Park) Map

For more information contact: Joe Hilton 323.851.7720 Ext. 2

Visual AIDS and The Body
present:
"Civil Disobedience"
A Web Gallery
Curated by Photios Giovanis

Image: Stephen Varble, Blind Man Walking, 1972

Visual AIDS 
526 W. 26th St. # 510, New York, NY 10001 
Phone: 212.627.9855 · Fax: 212.627.9815 
e-mail: info@visualAIDS.org 

"Civil Disobedience" Gallery

Highways Performance and Art Space
presents:
"GWM, 10x8, Uncut"
Curated by Philip Hitchcock & Mary Milelzcik

Thursday, August 5th, 7 PM
The opening night soiree will feature an appetizer buffet and no host cocktails. Also featured are select lounge acts and unsolicited dating advice from our panel of experts. $20 donation.

This exhibit takes a look at the gay personal ad scene. Ten photographers showcase 8 x 10 photos that are inspired by personal ads. Although this exhibit appears on the surface to pander to prurient interests, the exhibit is an historical “time stamp” on contemporary gay culture and a relevant social commentary on gay mating rituals in the third millennium. “It would be a glaring omission of any historian looking back on queer social morays at the eve of the 3rd millennium and not mention personal ad dating,” says show curator and artist Philip Hitchcock. “It is ironic that as a community we are fighting for the right to marry while still struggling to find the time and proper avenues to even meet the right person.” “Anyone who has ever been on a personal ad web site totally gets the vibe of this exhibit. It is an exploration of how we as gay men attempt to market ourselves to each other and which assets we choose to make our calling cards.” The exhibit features the work of ten photographers including: Rick Castro, Jeff Compasso, Greg Day, Therelee Fair, Lorenzo Gomez, Philip Hitchcock, Jay Jorgensen, Jerry Rosen, Henning Von Berg, and L. Patrick Vigil.

Highways Performance and Art Space
Gallery Hours: Friday - Sunday 6:30 - 8:30 PM and by appointment (or chance) on weekdays.
1651 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 · Map · 310.453.1755
Highways Website

Philip Hitchcock Website

Tom of Finland Foundation
benefit
"HARD AT PLAY"
A Labor Day Weekend Party for Hard Working Men

		Copyright © 1980 Tom of Finland

Saturday -- September 4, 2004
9 PM - 1 AM -- $6 Donation

The evening will include Raffles, Giveaways
and Men Working Hard to Entertain You!!

Construction, Leather, Fetish Attire Encouraged... Bring Your Tools

Our special thanks to this supporter of this event:

And our host venue: Faultline Bar 4216 Melrose (at Vermont), Los Angeles, CA  90029 · MAP · 323.660.0889 Faultline Bar website

Adonis Art
presents:
"roMANse"
Photographs of Brent McTavish

An on-line gallery is also available.

An exhibition of photographs by Brent McTavish, Canadian photographer. With the advent of photomontage, Brent has combed through his archive for his best male black and white images, and then processed them digitally with shadow images of the rose. Hence the title of the exhibition -- roMANse -- a conflation of rose, man, and romance. These are intelligent and beautiful images - a joy to see.

Adonis Art
Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM, Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Free entry.
1b Coleherne Road, London SW10 9BS UK
Phone (from US): 011 44 20 7460 3888
Phone (from UK): 020 7460 3888
Adonis Website

Western Project
presents:
"Bob Mizer"
The First Exhibition: Selected Works from 1945 - 1969

John Haley, circa 1950’s.

Opening Reception: Saturday July 31 from 5 - 9 PM.

Saturday, August 14th at 8 PM
A very special audio / visual presentation hosted by
John Sonsini on Bob Mizer and the AMG Studio.

Western Project
Hours: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Tuesday through Saturday
3830 Main Street, Culver City, CA 90232 · Map · 310.838.0609
Western Project website

TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
in conjunction with
665 Leather and Fetish Company
present:
"MEN AT ARMS"
A group exhibition

Artwork: Palanca, 2004

Opening Reception: June 10, 18:00 - 21:00 (6 - 9 PM)

Acts between men can be cruel and brutal. War, as a vantage point, may give those acts nobleness. Lust realized in the trenches doesn't have to be fleeting and desperate -- "tomorrow may never come". Something lasting and strong and heroic can come home with soldiers who have bonded on many levels. Soldiers UNITE! MEN AT ARMS shows us all sides of the modern warrior. The handsome man in uniform - the dashing prototype of a fighting machine - an idealized grunt. We see the meanness, the romantic, the powerful and the desirable. Etienne, Kim Hanson, The Hun, Michael Kirwan, Patrick Lee, Luger, Manflesh, Minoru, Palanca, Skipper, Teddy of Paris, Tom of Finland, and a special presentation of Xavier Gicguel's and Greasetank's work.

665 Leather and Fetish Company Store & Exhibition Hours: Sunday - Thursday, Noon - 8:00 PM Friday - Saturday, Noon - 10:00 PM 8722 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 · Map 310.854.7276 Website

Consolidated Management Associates
present:
Gay Erotic Expo LA

Consolidated Management Associates
Venue:
Los Angeles Convention Center
CMA Website

Minoru Website

The
Tom of Finland Foundation
Life Drawing Workshop
Nude Figure Drawing & Painting

Andrew Addams will be modeling in August.		Peter (l) and Yiannis (r) are also scheduled.

Our monthly drawing workshop.
Artists, plan to attend!

The Foundation is a friendly and positive place to practice your artistic skills.
Scholarship funds available.

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
$15 donation at the door

Foundation Headquarters
1421 Laveta Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90026
(Echo Park) Map

For more information contact: Joe Hilton 323.851.7720 Ext. 2

Axel and Mr. B
present:
"Axel in Amsterdam"
Axel Offers His Fetish Line-up

Reception: Saturday, April 5, 2004 from 5 - 8:30 PM
Featuring live fetish performances! Michael Thorn, Editor of Instigator Magazine and Axel will be joining the staff at Mister B for an explosive evening. Come join them and get tied up, locked up, plastic-wrapped, electro-sexed, (branded?) or just enjoy the art.

Axel in Amsterdam is a 5 month long celebration of fetish. This is a long run exhibition of Axel's fetish work from original digital painting canvas, pen and ink, graphite and photography, on display in Amsterdam throughout the entire summer. (Prints will be available.) The erotic artist Axel began drawing homoerotic imagery at the early age of 15 in a country corner of Idaho. Years later, after traveling across Europe in 1999, Axel began drawing erotic images of hyper- masculine men in cartooned form and was soon working for magazines across the world. Pencil, Pen and Ink and the heavy color of digital painting combine to make Axel’s work as diverse as the man himself. From the wildly popular web-comic Circuit-Boy to the dark fetish work in Instigator, Axel "can do" erotica.

Mr B
Gallery Hours: Monday - Wednesday & Friday 10 AM - 6:30 PM · Thursday 10 AM - 9 PM
Saturday 11 AM - 6 PM · Sunday 1 PM - 6 PM - 6 PM - 6 PM
Warmeosstraat 89, 1012 HZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands · +3.120.422.0003
Mr. B Website
Axel Website

The Erotic Museum
presents its
13 Inches of John Holmes

7 - 9 PM.
General Admission: $12.95, Museum Members: free.

Wish a posthumous 60th birthday to John Holmes, the legendary adult film star spun out of control. Recently remastered rare Holmes films from the Museum’s collection will be featured in the Projection Room along with veteran rebel pornographer Bill Margold as the special guest speaker. Cash bar available.  First 100 guests will receive a complimentary DVD of the new documentary, "John Holmes: The Man, The Myth, The Legend".

The Erotic Museum
Gallery Hours: Sunday - Thursday 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, Friday - Saturday 10:00 AM - Midnight.
6741 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 · Map · 323. GO. EROTIC
The Erotic Museum  Website

MJ's
presents:
Hard Heroes
Lycra, Leather, Leather Fetish Night.
Superheroes & Villains Encouraged.

Photo courtesy of 10% Productions and Tom Bianchi.

7 PM. $5 cover benefits Being Alive.

MJ's 
2810 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027 · Map · 323.660.1503
MJ's Website

Prism Comics Website
Brad Rader Website

Folsom Street Events
presents a:
Poster Art Competition
(by the producers of the Folsom Street Fair)

Folsom Street Events Website

Gallery Astro
presents:
"Hardcore - Softcore"
A Celebration of Erotic Art

Reception: Friday, July 9, 7 - 11 PM

Artists include: Fred Hauptman, Simone Gad, Diane Gamboa, Rick Castro, Bernardo Martinez, Kali, Vinzula, Yolanda Gonzalez, John Evans, Scott Zaragoza, Sai Aryai, Andres Montoya, Paulina A. Granados, Carlos Flores, David Sirebrenik, Javier Granados, Miguel Angel Reyes, Mario Calvano, and Ho Yeon Kim. Curated by Javier Granados.

Gallery Astro
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11 AM - 5 PM.
923 E. 3rd Street #107, Los Angeles CA 90013 · Map · 213.972.0995
Gallery Astro Website

Art @ Large
presents:
"NEO-EROTIQUÉ"
2nd Annual Juried Show
Curated by Grady T. Turner

Artwork by Dale Rio

Art @ Large is proud to present our 2nd annual Juried Show, curated by Grady T. Turner. The works range in media from traditional and manipulated photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, and video. The selections sent in from around the globe, with an equal mix of women and men, homo and hetero, both seasoned professionals, and emerging alike. Artists include: Ron Amato, Loretta Bourque,  David Brody,  Rachell "Friday" Burns, Philip H. Campbell, George C. Clark, Steve Crain, Brian H. Crede, Roland Delcol, Royal T. Earvin , Barbara Gentile, Michael Harwood, Joe Heidecker, Jessica Hess, Rinaldo Hopf, Su Job € Bushnell Keeler, Alan Kolc, Chris Mullen, David Oliver, Louis Papa, Brian Riley, Dale Rio,  Coralee Lynn Rose,  Liezel Rubin,  Ed Samuels,  Anthony Satori,  Mike Schuetz,  Patrix, Smutforce, Boris Starosta, Barry Steely,  Dragon Sundancer,  Jack Thompson,  Marina Tsesarskaya,  Joseph Virgilio, and Ted Washington. Best Artist in Show will be chosen & receive a solo exhibition in 2005 at Art @ Large, with all the benefits including: press release & exhibition listings, full-color postcard invitation mailings, and artist reception. Juror: Grady T. Turner, New York based art critic, curator and author of "NYC Sex: How New York City Transformed Sex in America."

Art @ Large
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM -- or call. Free admission.
The Film Center Building
630 Ninth Avenue No. 707, New York, NY 10036 · Map · 212.957.8371
Art @ Large Website

Visual AIDS and The Body
present:
"Making the Private Public"
A Web Gallery
Curated by Brian Clamp

"Belly Button" 1999
Philip Calkin

Visual AIDS 
526 W. 26th St. # 510, New York, NY 10001 
Phone: 212.627.9855 · Fax: 212.627.9815 
e-mail: info@visualAIDS.org 

"Making the Private Public" Gallery

Beau Damon Richards Gallery and Artist Bound
present:
"Stolen Moments"
A Photography & Painting Exhibition
in the Heart of San Pedro's Art District

"A Modern Day Sagittarian"
Image by: Jeffery Scott

Thursday, July 1 join the San Pedro Art Walk from 5 - 9 PM.
Over 25 area galleries participating.

Artists' Reception: Saturday, July 17, 6 - 10 PM.
Complimentary martini bar 6 - 7 PM.
plus plenty of wine and beverages.

See works by: Joe Flazh, Jeffery Scott, Tiffany Trenda, Patrick Alt, Lisa Prichard, Bridget Cardenas, Lorenzo Sperlonga, Llednor Nadirehs, Yoffy, Niko, Doug Myers, Derek Caballero, Tom Berg and Tracy Zabriskie.

Beau Damon Richards Gallery
Gallery Hours: Friday 5 - 9 PM, Saturday 1 - 9 PM and by appointment.
365 7th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731 · Map · 310.833.8793 · 626.825.2442
 Additional information: contact exhibition curator Mitzi Valenzuela

Goethe Institut
presents:
"Naked Berlin
The Liberal Capital"
Photos by Henning von Berg

Reception: Thursday, June 17, 2004 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM

On Super Bowl Sunday, the scandalous happening with Mr. Justin Timberlake & Miss Janet Jackson "shocked" the American public. The Senate in Washington felt that they had to discuss that mega-mega-important subject (female breasts on T.V.) to "protect" the 280 million innocent citizens in the United States… and 450 million inhabitants of Old Europe smiled about the cowboy president's Christian government in the New World. The German cultural organization Goethe Institut Inter Nationes decided to create an exhibition in America with Henning von Berg's famous-infamous nude photographs to show the so called “Land Of The Free” how relaxed the modern democracy Germany is dealing with public nudity (even frontal male nudity).

Goethe Institut
Gallery Hours: Monday - Thursday 9 AM - 5 PM, Friday 9 AM - 3 PM.
5750 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036 · Map · 323.525.3388
Goethe Institut Website

Henning von Berg Website

Showroom MAMA
presents:
"Rooie Oogies"
(Red Little Eyes)

Image by Greasetank

A group show in which ten different artists show their vision on sexuality
at MAMA (Media and moving art).

Participating artists: Madeleine Berkhemer, Ted Langenbach, Wink van Kempen, Marcelle Price, Billy Childish, Ben Judd, Greasetank, HuMobisten and others.  Also showing Visual Girl Band Bliss and Porn Banner Wallpaper by Design Collective Room Service.

MAMA Showroom for Media and Moving Art
Witte de Withstraat 31, 3012 BL Rotterdam, The Netherlands
tel: +31 (0)10 4330695/ 2331313
MAMA Website

The New Art Gallery Walsall
presents:
"Hidden Histories"
Curated by Michael Petry

Tom of Finland

The 20th century is a unique period in the history of gay subculture as it has transitioned from outlaw status to an acknowledged (if not always fully accepted) part of society. Only at the end of a century of great change and new found openness amongst artists can we perceive the full extent of the contribution of artists who were same sex lovers, and the ways in which their sexual identity has affected both their art and the responses to it.

Francis Bacon, Per Barclay, Barrett-Forster, Cecil Beaton, Berthold Bell, Nayland Blake, Ross Bleckner, Keith Boadwee, Bruce of LA (Bruce Bellas), Edward Burra, William S. Burroughs, Richmond Burton, Jean Cocteau, Simon English, Robert Flynt, Gan (Gösta Adrian Nilsson), General Idea, Gilbert & George, Duncan Grant, Sunil Gupta, Brion Gysin, David Hockney, Jim Hodges, HowardHodgkin, Horst p. Horst, Robert Indiana, Bill Jacobson, Eugène Jansson, Derek Jarman, Jasper Johns, Ray Johnson, Micah Lexier, John Lindell, Martin Maloney, Robert Mapplethorpe, John McLachlin, David Medalla & Adam Nankervis, Keith Milow, John Minton, Donald Moffett, Michael Morris, bryan mulvihill, Michael Petry, Glyn Philpot, Alexis Preller, Robert Rauschenberg, Eric Rhein, Charles Ricketts, Larry Rivers, Mike Sale, Fin Serch-Hanssen, Charles Shannon, Michael Shaowanasai, Simeon Solomon, Pavel Feodorovich Tchelitchev, Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen), Henry Scott Tuke, Cy Twombly, Keith Vaughan, Andy Warhol, David Wojnarowicz, Cerith Wyn Evans. A fully illustrated book, Hidden Histories, published by Artmedia Press, will accompany the exhibition.

The New Art Gallery Walsall
Gallery Square, Wallsall, United Kingdom WS2 8LG · 0044.01922.654400
The New Art Gallery Walsall Website

Folsom Fair North Productions
present:
Folsom Fair North

A weekend of events. See their website for details.
Fair open 12 Noon - 10 PM, $5 donation (no one turned away)

The fair will have an abundance of exciting artists, performers, exhibitionists, demonstrations, DJs, live bands and entertainment, the ever-popular Steam Whistle Beer Garden & dance area, and an entertainment stage full of surprises hosted and broadcast by PrideVision TV, all surrounded by the sexiest, kinkiest and most entertaining crowd you have ever seen.

Folsom Fair North
Yonge & Wellesley, Toronto, Ontario
Folsom Fair North Productions Website

Tom of Finland
Monthly Benefit Party
 


"Where power bottoms meet ruthless tops."
DJ Mark Cicero, bootblack, buzz cuts, leather vendor, tarot reader, hourly drink specials. $10.00 -- also gets you into M8 on 1st floor.

10 PM - 5 AM (21 & over)

The Pussycat Lounge
96 Greenwich Street, New York, NY · Map · 212.349.4800
@ Rector. 1-9-4-5 trains all within the block. Plenty of parking.
The Pussycat Lounge Website

Tom's Parties Website

Tom of Finland

An Official Heritage of Pride Event

10 PM - 5 AM (21 & over)
DOOR: $30 cash advance, $31.50 online, $45 day of (if available).
Re:vision, 265 West 19 St (212.691.6067) - Wear Me Out, 353 West 47 St. (212.333.3047) – Heartbeat Records 107 West 10 St (212.255.5260) - Mark Nelson’s office, 237 West 20 St (212.206.7579) - The Leatherman, 111 Christopher St. 212-243-5339 - Online: www.boxofficetix.com or www.marknelson.biz.

A portion of the proceeds benefits:
The Tom of Finland Foundation

555 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 · Map
Mark Nelson Website

Manstouch
presents:
"Perfect Body, Perfect Soul"
PART 3: "Live the Dream"

"Looking Back at a Life in Ruins"
Photo: Henning von Berg

This month's photographers: Robert Cusido, B.W.Steffens,
Henning von Berg, Alessandro Bavari and Joseph Caprio.

Deiter's Body Project project on aging gracefully continues. It's encouragement for men of any age to train their body. At the age of 50, after having worked many years in the field of basic research and philosophy, Dieter, a doctor, philosopher, writer and sportsman, discovered that the male body has been neglected in western societies by fundamentalistic religious systems for centuries.  Dieter decided to work out on his own. His goal was to demonstrate that male body can be developed at any age and that a trained male body can be the source of health, wealth, emotional balance, fitness and power. Dieter documents this process not only in text but in images. Over a 5 year period, he invited over 20 of the worlds top male photographers to photograph his progress. Each month we will show a selection of photos from each photographer, to inspire you to stay fit and healthy.

Manstouch
Manstouch Anti-age page Website

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION'S
Fourth Annual
Seamen & Commanders'
Cocktail Party

Elliot Harmon and Peter Karjalainen at one of our VIP parties.

7 - 9 PM
Special Art Displays & Presentations

Join the Foundation or upgrade your
MEMBERSHIP

Volunteers to help with this event can e-mail Scott.

"Erotica Los Angeles"
Art & photography, apparel, toys and video.

Greg Larson offers his latest erotic contraption for the dungeon or the gym.

Erotica Los Angeles and The Erotic Museum have joined forces for this year's show. The Erotic Museum will be recreating their museum at the Erotica show this year! On display at the show will be erotic pictures, movies, graphs, diagrams, dioramas, equipment, products, people, sculptures, etchings, paintings and interactive multi-media extravaganzas. Some of The Erotic Museum pieces that will be on display at Erotica Los Angeles are: The photographic abstractions of Jeffrey Rothstein, performance art by local Tiffany Trenda, an installation piece by Rainey Strauss that explores the sensual side of touching, a video piece that concentrates on the face and facial expressions during orgasm, the Museums own Human Body Project and much more!

Erotica Los Angeles
Friday, June 18 4:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Saturday, June 19 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Sunday, June 20 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Los Angeles Convention Center, Hall H and J, 1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Map
Erotica Los Angeles Website

Ghetto Gloss
presents:
"No Atheists in the Nuthouse"
The Institutional and inspirational work of Van Arno

Opening reception May 20th, 7 - 11 PM.

Ghetto Gloss
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 9 AM - 6 PM, and by appointment.
2380 Glendale Blvd., Silverlake, CA 90039 · Map · 323.912.0008
Ghetto Gloss Website

The Erotic Museum
presents:
Gay Pride Day
including the
Tom of Finland Collection

Tom of Finland 1962		Tom of Finland 1962
These pieces were exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and can now be seen at The Erotic Museum.

No one under 18 will be admitted. 
SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION MEMBERS.
8 PM - MIDNIGHT

Highlighting the Museum's Tom of Finland exhibition along with other items from the permanent collection. The evening features documentary films about the gay rights movement and more. Guest speaker is Cliff Benjamin.

The Erotic Museum
Gallery Hours: Sunday - Thursday 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, Friday - Saturday 10:00 AM - Midnight.
6741 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 · Map · 323. GO. EROTIC
The Erotic Museum  Website
Erotic Museum Gay Pride Page

The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation
presents:
"Secret Sex"
Unknown Erotic Drawings of Bob Ziering

Opening Reception: May 18, 6 – 9 PM

Long a fabled name among his fellow artist-illustrators, Bob Ziering is recognized for his peerless ability to express exuberant motion in line and color. If you've read a magazine any time during the past several decades you've probably seen his work... but never like this. Secret Sex reveals the richness of Bob Ziering's never-before exhibited erotic work -- both drawings and paintings. Spanning a period of some 35 years, his works commingle time and spirit with sex and lust to project magically mysterious images of ecstatically transcendent erotic love.

Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation
127-B Prince Street, New York, NY 10012-3154 · Map · 212.673.7007
Leslie-Lohman Website

The David Aden Gallery &
RiskPress Gallery
present:
"Snap:
Polaroid photographs by David Sprigle"
Large Erotic Polaroids

Two receptions / book signings will be held at the RiskPress Gallery with the artist:
Saturday, June 12th 6 - 9 PM.
Friday, June 18th, 6 - 9 PM.

The later is a special reception in honor of the Gay Pride Festival. The gallery will expand its hours for this weekend event.

SNAP, a special exhibition of erotic works from the FotoFactory Press photo book SNAP: Instant Photos by David Sprigle. This is the first time this work has been shown in the City of West Hollywood. Sur Restaurant & Grill will host a concurrent exhibition of floral and nude photography, shot by David Sprigle in gardens of Hawaii.

RiskPress Gallery
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 12 PM to 6 PM
8533 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069 · Map · 310.396.2949

David Sprigle Website

Avalanche Gallery
present:
Paintings
by Albert Crudo

HOT ART -- COOL COCKTAILS:
6 - 9:30 PM

Avalanche Gallery
39 East 31st Street, 3rd fl, New York, NY 10016 · Map · Phone: 212.447.9485
Avalanche Gallery Website

Visual AIDS
present:
"A Big Hairy Deal"
Exhibition & Benefit

Artwork: Alex Alexio

BENEFIT NIGHT:
Sunday, June 13, 2004 12 Noon - 10 PM
PLACE: Beauty services at the Alice Band Salon and Day Spa, 233 5th Ave, 5th Fl at 27th St, and Party next door at Gallery Lounge, 7 East 27th St, NYC.
BEAUTY: Haircuts, Makeovers and Massages for a $40 donation to Visual AIDS -- plus other beauty services. First come -- first served.
MUSIC: DJ Jackie Christie, DJ Sakaki, International Producer DJ GOMI and DJ Stephen Richards.
ART: Visual AIDS Exhibition
PRIZES: Raffle of beauty and culture prizes 
Admission is FREE.

A Big Hairy Deal Benefit is one of the hippest, hairiest fundraising events of the year. Guests can get beautiful with New York's top hair and make-up stylists with haircuts, make-up, and massages for a $40 donation to Visual AIDS. Appointments are first-come, first-served. While guests wait they can enjoy art, music by top DJs, drink specials, raffle prizes and mingle at the Gallery Lounge. A Big Hairy Deal has no cover charge, so come out and show your support! A Big Hairy Deal puts on its best face. A selection of artwork featured in this month's Web Gallery will also be exhibited at The Alice Band Salon and Spa from June 8-27, 2004. Additional works from the Archive Project will be digitally displayed during A Big Hairy Deal Benefit on Sunday, June 13 at Gallery Lounge.

Visual AIDS
526 W. 26th St. # 510, New York, NY 10001 · Map · Phone: 212.627.9855
Visual AIDS Website

Tom of Finland
2 Events This Month!
(See Below For The Second Event!)


This Month's Official "Tom's Parties" Event

"Where power bottoms meet ruthless tops."
DJ Mark Cicero, bootblack, buzz cuts, leather vendor, tarot reader, hourly drink specials. $10.00 -- also gets you into M8 on 1st floor.

10 PM - 5 AM (21 & over)

The Pussycat Lounge
96 Greenwich Street, New York, NY · Map · 212.349.4800
@ Rector. 1-9-4-5 trains all within the block.
The Pussycat Lounge Website

The
Tom of Finland Foundation
Life Drawing Workshop
Nude Figure Drawing & Painting

		Rod Barry (model) photo: Benno Sebastian

Our monthly drawing workshop.
Artists, plan to attend this special WorkShop!

The Foundation is a friendly and positive place to practice your artistic skills.
Scholarship funds available.

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
$15 donation at the door

The Erotic Museum
6741 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 · Map · 323. GO. EROTIC
The Erotic Museum  Website

For more information contact: Joe Hilton 323.851.7720 Ext. 2

Wim Griffith
presents an:
Open Studio Art Show

11 AM - 5 PM

Wim Griffith Studio
3314 Country Club Drive, Lakewood, CA. 90712 · Map · 562-421-4330
Wim Griffith Website

Highways Performance and Art Space
presents a:
Lifecasting Workshop
With artist Philip Hitchcock

1 - 5 PM
Call: 310.396.0222 or e-mail Philip Hitchcock to register.
Class Fee: $59.00, Material Fee: $30.00

Highways Performance and Art Space
1651 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 · Map · 310.453.1755
Highways Website

Philip Hitchcock Website

Adonis Art
presents:
"Cumrades"
Outrageous photographs by Harald Seiwert

An on-line gallery is also available.

Harald Seiwert's imagination brims with bright ideas. Manipulating photographs with Photoshop he creates startling and challenging images that are sometimes witty, sometimes provocative, and sometimes downright outrageous. His work is shortly to be published by Janssen as a photo book under the title Cumrades -- the name taken for this exhibition. This is the first time that this work has been exhibited in London and the first time that so many of his pieces can be seen together all at one time.

Adonis Art
Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM, Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM
1b Coleherne Road, London SW10 9BS UK
Phone (from US): 011 44 20 7460 3888
Phone (from UK): 020 7460 3888
Adonis Website

International Mr. Leather presents:
The Leather Market

The IML 2004 Leather Market
Features The Following Artists:
Minoru, Myrix, The Hun, Leather Archives and Museum,
R. A. Photography, and Semmerling & Schaefer Mask Studios.

Venue:
The Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive , Chicago, IL 60601 · Map

International Mr. Leather Website

665 Leather and Fetish Company
presents:
"Greg Day Un-cut"
Photographs 1970 - 2004

Opening Reception: Thursday March 25, 2004 , 6 - 9 PM

Images from Greg Day’s 30 year journey across America including: Early Greenwich Village performance artists: Divine, Stephen Varble, Ruth Truth, Taylor Mead and Jackie Curtis. Life as art in a black coastal Carolina village. 80‘s Castro Street. Renewed passion and kink in San Francisco's Leather Community, Erotic outlaws from the California Coast, Peace and beauty in the Desert.

The camera has been an integral part of Greg Day’s life journey in America and Europe for over thirty years. As both artist and anthropologist he provides us with a native's view of some of the most unique cultural milieus and events of our time Photography has been Greg Day's primary link to and between these diverse layers of experience. Each chapter in his visual journal has enhanced his process and eye as an artist. Greg Day's photographs have been exhibited in a wide range of venues In the United States and Europe including the Smithsonian Institution, Berlin’s Akademie der Kunste, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, LA's Mr. S, and Amsterdam's Mr. B. His erotic images of men have been published in Pacific Kouros, Metamorphose, 2Blue, Out in the Castro, Uniforms and UNZIPPED. A film documentary including his life and work, "Gay Courage" by Rosa von Praunheim, was produced in Europe by ARTE TV.

665 Leather and Fetish Company Store & Exhibition Hours: Sunday - Thursday, Noon - 8:00 PM Friday - Saturday, Noon - 10:00 PM 8722 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 · Map 310.854.7276 Website

Greg Day Website

Galerie Zygos
presents:
"Anima"
Twenty-three Paintings by Petros Xenakis

Though the subject of his portraits are patients in mental asylums, the pictures are not about madness. Every painting is a unique 'soul-scape' of the human condition, in which we all share.

Galerie Zygos
48 Nikis Street, Athens GR 10558 · +30 210 3317 902
Megakles  Website, under Interview -> Petros Xenakis

Art @ Large
presents:
"The Power of Women"
Featuring the Works of L. A. Willette

Opening Reception: Thursday, May 6, 2004, from 6 - 9 PM
Admission is free.

Born in Manhattan, L.A. Willette cultivated his prowess as an abstract expressionist and has since crossed over into the more figurative aspects of expressionism. After graduating from the State University at New Paltz, New York, he started a painting co-operative and gallery at The Westbeth Theatre Center in Manhattan. Upon visiting his studio at Westbeth, Elaine De Kooning said, "If Bill (De Kooning) was still doing his women paintings, he'd be doing them like yours." Willette's penchant for defining the grace and sexuality of the human female, has led him to the further investigation of the raw strength of the modern woman. The respect for this "power" he shows in these charged works is underscored by his distinct use of paint, and collage elements in a cohesive dialog between the energy of painting, and the material of the paint. "I don¹t paint the female form, I paint the female." His works are represented by Art @ Large in New York, and galleries in Paris, London, Chicago, Long Island, and South Beach, Miami. Willette has had work purchased by collectors from every continent on earth except Antarctica.

Art @ Large
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM -- or call.
The Film Center Building
630 Ninth Avenue No. 707, New York, NY 10036 · Map · 212.957.8371
Art @ Large Website

Live Art Gallery
presents:
"Passages"
Artwork by René Capone

Opening Reception: May 8, 2004 , 8 - 11 PM
Refreshments served and music provided by DJ Cadence.

A year of new artwork.

Live Art Gallery
Gallery Hours: Thursday through Saturday, 5 - 8 PM, and by appointment.
151 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, CA, 94103 · Map · 415.263.0980

René Capone Website

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION presents the: 4th Annual New York City EROTIC ART WEEKEND AND FAIR

Over 35 Artists from Around the World
Sculpture, Photography, Paintings, Sketches, Digital Renderings and more.
Male & Female works of art on display and for sale.
Most major credit cards will be accepted.

Live Nude Figure Drawing & Photography Both Days
Bring your art materials or just enjoy viewing the human form.

Artists' Reception on Friday
Panel Discussion/Symposium on Sunday
See below for details.

The Foundation has produced Erotic Art Fairs in Los Angeles since 1995, and held the first Fair in New York in 2001. Last year, the New York Fair hosted 35 artists.

Artists who wish to exhibit at the New York Fair
can obtain guidelines and an application here.
Volunteers can e-mail Dan Berkowitz.
Credentialed Members of the Press
receive complimentary admission.

PHOTOS AND COVERAGE OF 2002'S FAIR

The main events will be held at:
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center
208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 · 212.620.7310
http://www.gaycenter.org/

For some hotel suggestions, Click Here

The Erotic Museum
presents:
"Hustler White"
a film by Rick Castro

Tony Ward in Hustler White

Film starts at 9:30 PM and is included with the $12.95 admission price. Tom of Finland Foundation members will receive a discount. Refreshments will be available.

Please email rsvp@theeroticmuseum with the date you plan to attend and the number of tickets you’d like them to hold.

Fast approaching it's 10 year anniversary, Hustler White is a cult classic phenomenon. Hustler White is on the Los Angeles Times list of ground breaking experimental film history from Los Angeles- 1913-2004. Co-directed & written by Bruce La Bruce and Rick Castro in 1996, Hustler White bills itself as a romantic comedy about hustlers on Santa Monica Boulevard. Picture if you will across between Pasolini's Salo and Melrose Place. Staring model/icon Tony Ward as accident-prone street hustler named Monty,(Montgomery Ward) Hustler White takes you on a wild ride along the boy-toy walk of fame. Co-staring Bruce Labruce, with cameos by Ron Athey, Glen Meadmore, Vaginal Davis, and porn stars Kevin Kramer, Ryan Block and Alex Austin. Join us for the culmination of our Blue Monday spring film series as Rick Castro presents this film along with his behind the scene photographs and a discussion session.

The Erotic Museum
Gallery Hours: Sunday - Thursday 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, Friday - Saturday 10:00 AM - Midnight.
6741 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 · Map · 323. GO. EROTIC
The Erotic Museum Film Series  Website Page

Rick Castro Website

Adonis Art
presents:
"Paintings from Denmark"
by Jorn Moibus

An on-line gallery is also available.

Danish design and style permeate these ravishing paintings by Jorn Mobius. Superbly executed in brilliant colors, they place stunningly handsome men in the most elegant surroundings. The men are fully clothed, but the sex appeal of their toned bodies still seeps through the drapes of their exquisite attire.  Jorn Mobius has worked as an artist in Denmark, Germany and the United States. His paintings are in many collections including those of Billy Joel and Jeff Bridges. This is his first exhibition in London.

Adonis Art
Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM, Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM
1b Coleherne Road, London SW10 9BS UK
Phone (from US): 011 44 20 7460 3888
Phone (from UK): 020 7460 3888
Adonis Website

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents:
Tom's Bar

GEAR UP for TOM'S BAR!
2 - 7 PM

GEAR UP 4: Baseball Football Wrestling Boxing Weightlifting Soccer

• MSR Videos Model Search with stars in attendance. • Jeff Palmer, famed photographer, will do installation & photographs of attending men. • Competition Oil Wrestling between local bars, sports clubs, businesses and organizations. • Silent Auction of Art & Collectibles, sports gear and leathers. • Invited Erotic Artists presenting their works for viewing & sale. • Barbecued TOM dogs, great music & plenty of drinks. • Sports Games for our sensibilities that show our talents and abilities. • Brian Grillo performs, featuring his new songs. • Bootblacks & Buzzcuts. • Giveaways from MSR Videos, Syren, 665 Leather, Slammer, MJ’s, and TomsMen.com. • A showing of the Tom of Finland Image of the Year. Now being auctioned.

GEAR UP 4: Leather Uniform Rubber Skin Spandex Military

$10 Donation OR $7 for Foundation Members (you can join at the event).
Or call 213.250.1685 to join now!
Or Click Here for membership info.
Don't miss this great event, and come early to avoid the line!

We're looking for Volunteers to help with this event,
contact Dan Berkowitz if you want to lend a hand.

At the Faultline Bar parking lot
4216 Melrose (at Vermont), Los Angeles, CA  90029 · 323.660.0889 · MAP

7th Annual Bobby Cook Studio
International Erotic Art Show

Saturday 12 - 6 PM, Sunday 1 - 5:30 PM

The International Erotic Art Show welcomes the public to view the works of some of the best erotic artists from around the country and the world. This annual event offers erotic artists a wonderful opportunity in which to network and interact with other erotic artists, advertisers, customers and fans. Previous exhibitors have been the HUN, Valentine Hooven III, Leon, Rick Castro, Wim Griffith, artwork from Tom of Finland, Bud Larson, The Barazoku Collection (featuring: Goh Mishima, Goh Hirano, Tatsuji Okawa, Hideki Co, Ryuji, and Sadao Hasegawa), Roger Marksmen, Palanca, Jeff Pittarelli, Nina, Don and Robin Boddeker, Larry Hill of River Pointe Studio, Axel, Kurt Von Behrman, Lalo, Bobby Cook, Gregg Edelman, Morgana, Rick Esping, Gryphon, Squire, Deon Allen, Colyn Kelly and many more. This event is open to the adult public, 18 years of age and older, ID's checked at the door. Nude artists models are available during the show.

Venue:
Sunshine Hotel & Resort
3600 North 2nd Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85013 · Map

Contact information:
Bobby Cook Studio
P.O. Box Box 295, Superior, AZ 85273
Bobby Cook E-mail · Website

The
Tom of Finland Foundation
Life Drawing Workshop
Nude Figure Drawing & Painting

		Steven Richards Photo: JayPG

Our monthly drawing workshop.
Artists, plan to attend!
3 models scheduled

The Foundation is a friendly and positive place to practice your artistic skills.
Scholarship funds available.

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
$15 donation at the door

Foundation Headquarters
1421 Laveta Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90026
(Echo Park) Map

For more information contact: Joe Hilton 323.851.7720 Ext. 2

Adonis Art
presents:
"Life Studies"
Drawings by George Cayford

An on-line gallery is also available.

Adonis Art
Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM, Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM
1b Coleherne Road, London SW10 9BS UK
Phone (from US): 011 44 20 7460 3888
Phone (from UK): 020 7460 3888
Adonis Website

Here Lounge
presents:
The Photography of Hank Eddleman
An exhibit of fine art and erotic male nudes.

Reception for the artist on Wednesday, March 3, 7 - 9 PM

Continuing in it's monthly series showcasing gay art, Here Lounge presents "The Photography of Hank Eddleman", an exhibit of fine art and erotic male nudes.

Here Lounge
Gallery Hours: Every Wednesday in March, 4 PM - 2 AM.
696 North Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 · Map · 310.360.8455
Here Lounge Website

Hank Eddleman Website

The XART Gallery
presents:
"Eroto ~ To the Prurient Interest"
Featuring the images of R. C. Hörsch

Historically there exists a division between the polite “celebrations of the human form” considered to be legitimate art and the more graphic depictions of sexual activity considered to be pornography. To the Prurient Interest asks viewers to individually decide and vote on the exact point at which they feel this boundary between art and pornography is crossed.  Comprised of one hundred ninety-seven works and spanning over six hundred feet of gallery space, R. C. Hörsch’s To the Prurient Interest is arguably the largest one-artist exhibition of erotic-sexual images within recent memory.

Reception for the artist on Thursday, January 17, 1 - 5 PM

The XART Gallery
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 AM - 4 PM · Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM · And by appointment.
2260 E. 15th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021 · Map · 213.489.2001

R. C. Hörsch Website

The Sultan Art Gallery
presents:
an exhibition
Featuring: Francien Krieg and Piotr Gardecki

Artwork: Francien Krieg

A special exhibition from Francien Krieg (the Netherlands) and Piotr Gardecki (Poland) in the one and only Dutch gallery that specializes in erotic art only.

Thursday - Sunday, 12:00 - 6:00 PM. Free admission.

The Sultan Art Gallery
Brouwersgracht 224, 1013 HE, Amsterdam
The Sultan Art Gallery website.

Mr. B
presents:
Freek Weidema
Bronze Sculptures & Aquarells

Artwork: Freek Weidema

An exciting investigation of the male nude, in bronze and on paper. Freek Weidema has had a lifelong passion for the nude male. He has always been busy sketching and painting the male form, and has been casting bronze figures for the last 10 years. After graduating in Architecture at the Academy for the Visual Arts (ABK) in Utrecht, he now lives and works on a boat which used to be a freight barge. His images are always taken directly from life, a fact which is immediately apparent from the results. His works are both evocative and provocative. Although the artist’s intention is clearly to engage the viewers fantasies, he contrasts this with simple, disarming poses. Freek has an extensive history of exhibitions across Germany and the Netherlands, and has exhibited at Mister B Berlin, Mister B Amsterdam and at Amsterdam’s Faubourg Gallery.

Mr B
Gallery Hours: Monday - Wednesday & Friday 10 AM - 6:30 PM · Thursday 10 AM - 9 PM
Saturday 11 AM - 6 PM · Sunday 1 PM - 6 PM - 6 PM
Warmeosstraat 89, 1012 HZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands · +31204220003
Mr. B Website
Freek Weidema Website

Perihelion Arts
presents:
Crazy Sexy Hollywood

Artwork by Steve Diet Goedde

Carlos Batts brings together
six of Los Angeles' finest contemporary photographers
in a collection curated by Carlos himself.
A total of fifty works pay tribute to the looks, attitudes, glamour
and grittiness that make Hollywood what it is.

This exhibit will tour the United States. See website for details.

Opening Reception: March 5, 7 - 11 PM

Perihelion Arts
11 AM - 6 PM daily.
1500 NW Grand Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85007 · Map · 602.462.9120
Perihelion Arts Website

Crazy Sexy Hollywood Website
Rick Castro Website

Keith Hunt & Paul Weikel
present:
"We Call Your... B.L.U.F.F."
A Ball 4 Leather, Uniform, Fetish, & Fantasy


Artwork by John Leo Draper

9 PM - 2 AM, $4 donation ($2 if wearing leather, uniform, fetish or fantasy)

A benefit for "Birthday Fund for Tulsa Children Affected/Infected by HIV/AIDS" administered by Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. and to establish the "College Scholarship Fund/Trust/Endowment for Oklahoma Children Survivors of Parents with AIDS" Administered by Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. and Tulsa Uniform and Leather Seekers Association (T.U.L.S.A.) Erotic artwork donated or being created specifically for this event: art by local community artist Paul Weikel; an oil by John Draper; an airbrush work by Kevin Kerr; an acrylic painting by Alisa Kerr; a pen & ink work by Tim Moberly; a watercolor by Elizabeth Gwen; a photo by Valerie Mosely; an oil by Traci Cole; oils (two works) by Dana Linker; an illustration by Kenneth Cowlick; an abstract erotic work by Drake Deviant; and two other artists who prefer not to have their names used, but are known in the City of Tulsa. (We are still seeking donations of artwork which fits the B.L.U.F.F. theme.)

Venue:
Club Maverick
E 9th St & S Sheridan Rd Tulsa, OK 74112 · Map
Paul Weikel Website

The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation
presents:
"Boys to Men"
Artwork by Gilbert Lewis

Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation
127-B Prince Street, New York, NY 10012-3154 · 212.673.7007
Leslie-Lohman Website

Art @ Large
presents:
"Men by Men"
A Group Show of Homoerotic Art

Artwork: Lugar		Artwork: Marc DeBauch

Opening reception: Thursday, April 8, 6 - 9 PM

Paintings and drawings from the 1960’s by two legendary artists: Etienne (Dom Orejudos, also known as Etienne) and Luger (Jim French, also known as Luger, Arion, and Colt). These giants of homoerotic art, were published in many "mens" magazines of the period. Michael Kirwan, sees his work as a pictorial history of homosexual norms and values. Infused with color and detail, his drawings depict many ages, ethnicities and body types, and are widely published in both gay & straight magazines alike. Marc DeBauch works in oils, gouache, and colored pencils, portraying a wide range of sexual interests, which include masculine men immersed in sexual fantasies -- dressed in leather, fetish wear and uniforms. Marc's work has been widely exhibited throughout the US & Europe. Kim Hanson, a native New Yorker, has been photographing nudes for almost 20 years. His work has been published in four anthologies of nudes, (Male Bonding 1 & 2, Beasts and Uniforms), and widely exhibited throughout the US.

Art @ Large
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM -- or call.
The Film Center Building
630 Ninth Avenue No. 707, New York, NY 10036 · Map · 212.957.8371
Art @ Large Website

Marc DeBauch Website · Kim Hansen Website · Michael Kirwan Website

The York Square Cinema Gallery
presents:
"Erotic Valentines"
Featuring: Laurel Griffy Caprio - Amy Blue - Byuck Song Lee

"No Pockets" by Laurel Griffy Caprio

Artists Reception: Sunday, February 15, 4:00 - 6:30 PM
Curated by Johnes Ruta

Laurel Griffy Caprio "My watercolor ladies are wonderfully full of life and fun. Their self-confidence radiates through layers of painted flesh, without makeup and fancy clothes. Bright colors and subdued lights work together to create individual expression. The rich tones and subtle strokes of watercolor convey intimacy and sensuality." "I use a limited color palette, introducing no more than 1 or 2 vibrant colors to create a background or mood. The additional colors thrust each subject to the forefront and provide greater dimension within the painting." "Real beauty is what love perceives. A mother's child sees the most beautiful woman in the world. A spouse cherishes their wife and looks adorningly upon her. A loving companion looks past the outward appearance of their confidant and is proud to be called "best friend. This is my art." Laurel Griffy Caprio has exhibited her work in several New York City venues, including the 2003 Tom of Finland Erotic Art show at the Gay & Lesbian Center and will be featured at New York University's LGBT Student Center in March 2004. Amy Blue "Creativity is like a runaway horse-" says Amy Blue. "You just try to hold on tight and love the ride." Amy's explicitly sexy and often funny oil paintings were shown at the 2001 Erotic Art Fair at the NY Gay & Lesbian Community Center, and at the "Erotica" show at the Hygienic Arts Cooperative in New London, February 2002, along with the work of Wendy Gell, Eric Hammer, and Lou Joachim Martins. "People ask me if I've had the experiences that I paint, and I have to say, 'not most of them.'" The influences of Chagal and Gustav Klimpt are apparent Amy's art. "My work is like 'Matisse takes a vacation at the Kajuraho Temple in India,' where the erotic statues stand so proud." Amy is swept along by events as if in a whirlwind. "Each is an oil painting on canvas, a narrative of characters in historical, mythical, Biblical, and fantastic settings," done in sensual brush strokes, with a soft and glowing color palate: lovely women and seductresses of history, beautiful lesbian couples and threesomes indulged with fruit and flowers, or whimsical scenes of spanking. Each painting is a window into the wit, wonder, and exaltation of Eros. Byuck Song Lee Byuck Song Lee, 25, who lives in Seoul, Korea, is a graduate student at the Art Institute of Boston, and comes from an artistic family. His oil on canvas artworks sometimes have an acrylic base, and show the strength of figurative draftsmanship. His partially autobiographical paintings of single and double figures focus on the essence of the female, and revolve around the personal psychological and sexual drama between artist and his model.

The York Square Cinema Gallery
Gallery Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 5 to 10 PM
Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday: 1 to 10 PM. (Handicap Access)
61 Broadway, New Haven, CT 06511 · Map · 203.387.4933
The York Square Cinema Gallery Website

Laurel Griffy Caprio Website
Amy Blue Website

Tom of Finland Foundation
benefit
"MAN-TO-MAN COMBAT"
A night of the manly arts

		Copyright © 1988 Tom of Finland

Saturday -- March 13, 2004
9 PM - 2 AM -- $6 Donation
Live Boxing & Gut Punching
Featured Artist: Patrick Lee (Marines & Skins)

Our special thanks to these supporters of this event:

And our host venue: Faultline Bar 4216 Melrose (at Vermont), Los Angeles, CA  90029 · MAP · 323.660.0889 Faultline Bar website

The
Tom of Finland Foundation
Life Drawing Workshop
Nude Figure Drawing & Painting

		Jonathan and Alfredo

Our monthly drawing workshop.
Artists, plan to attend!

The Foundation is a friendly and positive place to practice your artistic skills.

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
$15 donation at the door

Foundation Headquarters
1421 Laveta Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90026
(Echo Park) Map

For more information contact: Joe Hilton 323.851.7720 Ext. 2