
Category: Asian Man
Jan 17, 2025
On Friday, February 17 I opened my first ever solo show at Shag, an Erotic Shop and Art Gallery Space in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
Category: Asian Man features paintings of Asian male performers from the gay pornographic website SeanCody.com, who appeared between 2003 and 2020. Of more than 1,400 models featured during this period, only 17 were identified as Asian. The artist uses these performances as a microcosm to explore the broader media landscape, where Asian men have long been underrepresented, particularly in romantic or sexualized roles. This ongoing erasure perpetuates the invisibility of Asian men as objects of sexual desire in mainstream culture.
Through mixed media paintings and trading cards inspired by nostalgic 1990s comic book collectibles, Category: Asian Man offers a playful yet provocative reflection on the significance of these performances to the artist.
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