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- Title
The Beloved's Bright Wings.
- Abstract
This article discusses the works of Greek artist Yannis Tsarouchis. From about 1935 until his death in 1989, the Greek artist Yannis Tsarouchis painted and openly exhibited more studies of men in uniform and more male nudes than any artist outside what might now be called the world of erotica. He was a rough contemporary of two great artists of the male figure Paul Cadmus, who didn't paint genitals, and Tom of Finland, who painted little else. Tsarouchis's unapologetic manner in presenting these nudes long predated that of David Hockney, who would come to admire him. Young men sit bored in tavernas, while others dance. Soldiers and sailors sit uncomfortably in their required uniforms as if they long to get rid of them--and do, lounging barefoot on flowered 19th-century couches, lying nude on the brass beds of cheap hotels.
- Subjects
TSAROUCHES, Giannes, 1910-1989; ARTISTS; HOMOSEXUALITY in art; ARTISTS &; models in art; CADMUS, Paul, 1904-1999; HOCKNEY, David, 1937-; SAILORS
- Publication
Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, 2004, Vol 11, Issue 2, p32
- ISSN
1532-1118
- Publication type
Article