Masturbating man 2013 Acrylic on canvas 40x50cmThis work, painted in an expressionistic style, depicts a masturbating man with a convulsive face. In our Western education, we are taught that these kind of images are “dirty”; they should be kept hidden. Sexuality is taboo and it should not be exposed in public. Boss clearly wants to denounce this taboo. And how! The viewer gets a gigantic purplish cock right-in-the-face! No-one can ignore it. The phallus is painted in a complemantary color of the yellow corpse, accentuating this effect. The countenance of the man’s face predicts an approximate orgasm. If one would only see the face, it could be an expression of pain. (Pain and joy are close to each other when “the little dead” is near.)
Masturbating Man
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