Devour me (2024)
Empty release (2024)
Fugacity (2024)
The exhibition “Pride: A Collection” is hosted in the gallery of the gayt-store. It opened on the 1st of June with a Vernissage and closes on the 29th of June with a Finissage. The exhibition features over 20 artists showing their works ranging from photography and paintings to spatial installations.
The pictures I am exhibiting are part of my annual project “Michelangelo’s F@G” for the study program “Cross-Disciplinary Strategies” at the University of applied arts in Vienna. The project deals with the sexualisation of the male body. Connecting works by Michelangelo with more contemporary depictions of the male body, such as in the music video for “Rush” by Troye Sivan. The project aims to identify this sexualisation and reinterpret it, as an inherent factor for sexual empowerment.
Simultaneously, it asserts that the empowerment of gay sexual interactions is inherently political, challenging societal norms and narratives surrounding the male body, desire, and sexuality. In essence, this project is a call to arms—a celebration, a challenge, and a provocation demanding a re-evaluation of the dynamics surrounding the male body and its sexualisation.
The photo series is the result of not just sexualising my own body, but also exploring it. The series aims not just to empower sexual actions and to feel empowered by seeing oneself as a sexual being.
The pictures are available as A3 prints for 43€ each. If you are interested in purchasing one, send a mail to eliasaltrichter@gmail.com.