Painting, Oil on Canvas Size: 62.5 x 48 x6 cm | 24.6 x 18.9 x 2.3 in
$1,600
Shipping included
Artwork Details
The canvas is mounted on a supported wooden frame and sold ready to hang.
The painting is framed with a hand-painted ornate frame. Frame dimensions are 62.5 x 48 x 6 cm | 24.6 x 18.9 x 2.3 inch. The unframed painting is 50 x 36 cm | 19.6 x 14.1 inch.
It is signed, titled, and dated on the back.
Shipping
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About the Artwork
This painting explores the fragile boundary between strength and submission, where the body becomes both armor and offering. The spiked collar, often associated with control or aggression, is reimagined here as a paradox — a symbol that both protects and exposes.
The figure stands in a state of quiet tension. His gaze is turned away, not in fear, but in introspection. He is not defined by the collar, yet he chooses to wear it. In this choice lies the complexity of desire — the need to be seen, to belong, to surrender, and at the same time, to remain autonomous.
Color plays a crucial role in dissolving the solidity of the body. Flesh is no longer neutral; it vibrates with emotional intensity. Warm and cold tones collide across the skin, suggesting inner conflict, vulnerability, and the fluid nature of identity. The body is not fixed — it is becoming.
As a queer artist, I am interested in reclaiming the male body from traditional narratives of dominance and rigidity. Here, masculinity is softened without losing its physical presence. The “boy” is not a symbol of weakness, but of openness — a state of being where sensitivity and strength coexist.
“Collared Boy” invites the viewer to question:
Where does control end and desire begin?
And who, in the end, holds the power?
