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Head Surrounded By Beefcake by ~rimpala:iconrimpala:

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Submitted: September 28, 2006
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Always been a fan of Francis Bacon and wanted to do a homage to the artist, this one being taken from his "Head Surrounded by Sides of Beef" piece. The "Beefcake" play on words hints at some of the meaning behind the painting too. The title and homage to the artist himself reflects different aspects of being gay. The distortion of the piece represents some of the stresses being gay and have, the blacked in the eyes kind of represents hiding and shame, and finally I'm in place of the pope in the origional painting to represents accepting my sexuality with grace and pride.

Also note that the painting has been photographed, not scanned, and it's kind of in an angle... so it's a little foreshortened twords teh top here.
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~T-Mike-T:iconT-Mike-T: Sep 29, 2006, 2:32:30 AM
Good idea and design! I like how you tried to add the right Bacon-esque feeling to the picture. :)
Why did you photograph it, instead of scanning it?

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Là nel vasto mare devi incominciare!
Lì si comincia da ciò che è piccolo
E si gode d'ingoiare i piccolissimi;
Così si cresce, lenti, a poco a poco,
E ci si forma verso più alti compimenti.
~Goethe
~MikaelGrizzly:iconMikaelGrizzly: Sep 29, 2006, 3:48:33 AM
People attach too much meaning to sexuality, in my opinion. Good painting though.

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"Life has no meaning. This is the ultimate freedom, freedom to shape your destiny."
-- Jerik Azarel, Prophet of the Taghar Brotherhood
~rimpala:iconrimpala: Sep 29, 2006, 7:33:38 AM
Alas it's too big, glad you liked it though :)

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Egyptian impala demigod of all things pimp :ekud:

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much thanks to QueenHaven for the avatar!
~rimpala:iconrimpala: Sep 29, 2006, 8:26:45 AM
heh, don't worry I'm not going all dramatic over it, this is probably my only work that deals with the issues of sexuality.

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Egyptian impala demigod of all things pimp :ekud:

check out the rest of my gallery here
[link]

much thanks to QueenHaven for the avatar!
Mood: Joy ~MikaelGrizzly:iconMikaelGrizzly: Sep 29, 2006, 8:37:49 AM
Good to hear you can be classified as a 'homosexual', not 'gay' or, worst, 'fag'. I like people with mature approaches.

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"Life has no meaning. This is the ultimate freedom, freedom to shape your destiny."
-- Jerik Azarel, Prophet of the Taghar Brotherhood
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