It seems like everyone who paints adolescent boys lives in Berlin - here is another one: Sacrevoir was born in Berlin in 1964 and studied mathematics and visual arts. He works in Berlin as an independent painter and graphic artist.

Adolescence - a subject which is not only supposed to reveal the the imposed identifying marks of youth… In these rare tableaus of tranquility, Sacrevoir, a painter living in Berlin, gives a suggestion of inner conflict, of a childhood led astray by clichès. Here you see vulnerability, risk, and a subtle beauty ~ Gabriele von Hohenstein / cultural sociologist

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A post about Norbert Bisky was planned since this blog started beacuse he is one of the few modern artists I like. Due to his interview with the German magazin "Spiegel" some other blogs showed some of his paintings recently… so let’s keep this short and spicy.

Norbert Bisky was born 1970 in Leipzig (where I live ^^) and is now based in Berlin. He is - like his brother - gay and well, if you study the details of his paintings you could come to some conclusions ;) His work is - how I see it - some strange offspring of the socialist realism and at the same time a parody of propaganda art in any way since is uses a mix of communist and nazi elements, mix them up and do all this weird stuff with them xD

Tête-à-Tête
Intimate Portraits of two adolescent Sons

Once upon a time. A quiet dusk awaits, patiently, for the boy.
He comes, to wash, to this dark beautiful grove.
By the pond. To wash.

I wonder. I wonder what he cleanses himself from.
Such a beautiful face. Such sadness.

I wonder. I wonder if one night he won’t return.
Washed away completely by unnamed things within the depth.

I wonder. I wonder if I can resist following. His silent steps.

All the way to the Abyss.

Anthony Goicolea’s entire body of work can be described as a fictional autobiography. Similar to artist Gregory Crewdson, Goicolea creates elaborate mises en scènes, painstakingly produced for each work, resulting in moody, sinister stages where his characters interact and create undefined stories. His videos, as well as his photographs, always depict groups of boys engaging in games, or rather, in ambiguous activities: one boy pinning another to a bed and spitting in his face; boys wearing hoods and running scared in a forest; boys cleaning a pool full of floating bodies; a boy obsessively biting his nails; school boys mischievously posing as if in a class photograph; and uniformed boys eating gluttonously around a table. These are among the many examples of boyhood behavior captured by this artist since 1996 in photographs and videos, and most recently, also in installations and drawings.

Upon closer notice, the viewer realizes the boys depicted in these unusual actions are all the same, and in real life, the artist. Goicolea’s youthful looks have been described by many as “uncanny”. Although the artist was born in 1971, with makeup and costume he oftentimes passes for a teenager. This physical trait serves the artist as a tool in an exploration of boyhood themes and behavior. Goicolea draws less from his cultural heritage, than from gender identity and sexuality issues, especially the ambiguous period of a pre-pubescent and adolescent male and the complex rites of passage in the search for identity, self-esteem and a sense of self.

Inspiration: Kollio | Text: Cubiná | Video: Goicolea | Music: Sigur Rós

Today is the day of Herne - also called Pan, Cernunnos or just the Horned Lord. He is the God of woodland beasts, the hunt, fertility and the forest… and he is a lusty one for sure ;) So don’t forget to take a walk into the forest today (maybe you’ll see a faun), jump around a little bit and just feel alive! :D

Er erscheint in der Mittagshitze, der antiken Geisterstunde – daher die panische Angst. Ein Einzelgänger, Freund und Schrecken der Hirten, irrlichternd, dessen Gestalt sich vom Ziegenbock zum melancholischen Jüngling mit kaum noch erkennbaren Hörnern wandelte, der aber in der antiken Götterwelt immer ein Fremder blieb und für die Menschen ein Symbol der Natur in ihrer Unberechenbarkeit und Schönheit: ein Wesen aus der Wildnis.

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