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Tim Macpherson, “Pregnant Boy on a Skateboard”
Nominated for the Sony World Photography Award

Art, like life, isn’t always beautiful, nor should it be. Art sometimes has to grab up firmly by the back of the head, push us into a pile of dog shit, and say, “SEE THIS? NOW TASTE IT!” If we only view the art that we like, or the art that we find pleasing, then we are doing ourselves a serious disservice by completely ignoring an entire range of expression — the same as if we never expressed anger, hatred, jealousy, or sadness in our own lives. They are part of the human experience, and thus, a part of us. We cannot ignore them. Ugly art, disturbing art, terrorizing art all have places in the museum of life. Art is merely a reflection of our own selves, and if we refuse to view negative or ugly art, we by extension fail to acknowledge our weaknesses as humans and thus fail to improve ourselves. — Raptorschwanz

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Ryan McGinley is an unabashed voyeur, focusing his camera on the raw and personal lives of his friends in snapshots.

More art of Mike Tedder can be found on his Website

Tête-à-Tête
Intimate Portraits of two adolescent Sons

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