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NAYEF HOMSI creates delicate
portraits in oil on panel. His intimate works emanate an
atmosphere akin to classical and neo-classical painting. In
referencing the drama of the Mannerists from Michelangelo
onwards and drawing on the technical application of the French
19th Century School of David, Homsi creates an unusual symbiosis
between subject and artist. Familiar male types are revered by
his homoerotic gaze, offering a subversion of usual
associations. Thus, Homsi's desiring works offer an alternative
understanding of masculinity throughout a range of historical
and contemporary points in identity politics. |
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