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Which your preferences are,… @jurgih

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Tom Of Finland ( Touko Valio Laaksonen ) - drawing - 1978

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Wait and See from The Watchman’s Loneliness series

Photo art by ArtGraeco, from “The Watchman’s Loneliness” series: the intrigue of the night, quietness and stillness, dark shadows, illusions and mystery under the cover of darkness; routine, energy and more loneliness in the daylight.

Full size prints and greeting cards available for sale at

www.redbubble.com/people/artgraeco

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 Another bribe from the CineManArt series

ArtGraeco’s homoerotic take on The Bribe, a lesser-known film Noir from 1949 full of passion, greed and double crosses, starring Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, John Hodiak, Vincent Price and Charles Laughton.

The story revolves around Federal agent Rigby (Robert Taylor), in Central America to trace stolen plane engines, who falls for Elizabeth (Ava Gardner), the gorgeous wife of the chief suspect, ex-pilot Tugwell Hintten (John Hodiak) who’s selling his mechanical talents to a gang to get money to leave the tropics with his wife. A couple of shady characters, J.J. Bealer (Charles Laughton) and Carwood (Vincent Price) offer the lawman a bribe. 

CineManArt recreates footage of Hintten displaying other hidden talents and Carwood discovering that there is more than one kind of bribe.

CineManArt is a series of photomontages, collages and digital art by ArtGraeco that recast characters of mainstream movies, change scenarios and subvert plots. These up-stagings add new dimensions – some solemn, others playful – to the stereotypes, the intolerance and homophobia cinema portrayed for over 100 years of filmmaking.

The CineManArt series by Artgraeco depicts what cinema could be and could have been more of: open, daring, defiant, fair, inclusive. 

The homoeroticism here speaks to the subtext of sexual tensions and desires that flow between those of the same gender and the subversive homoerotic imagery in the movies.

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Photo art by ArtGraeco

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 Zero Subtlety  from the CineManArt series

ArtGraeco’s homoerotic take on the 1953 romantic comedy How to Marry a Millionaire, starring Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, and Lauren Bacall as shameless (beautiful and dumb) gold-diggers trying to land millionaire husbands.

The misogynist plot- the idea that the only way a woman can amount to anything is to attach herself to a (rich) man - is not exactly the pinnacle of equality…  

The CineManArt series by ArtGraeco reframes the moment in the film when Monroe comes out of a dressing room modeling a bathing suit to illustrate the ridiculous plot and the absolute dunces or zero subtleties of the characters.

CineManArt is a series of photomontages, collages and digital art by ArtGraeco that recast characters of mainstream movies, change scenarios and subvert plots. These up-stagings add new dimensions – some solemn, others playful – to the stereotypes, the intolerance and homophobia cinema portrayed for over 100 years of filmmaking.

The CineManArt series by Artgraeco depicts what cinema could be and could have been more of: open, daring, defiant, fair, inclusive. 

The homoeroticism here speaks to the subtext of sexual tensions and desires that flow between those of the same gender and the subversive homoerotic imagery in the movies.

 https://www.redbubble.com/people/artgraeco/works/25855973-zero-subtlety-from-the-cinemanart-series

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Unscheduled Stop from the CineManArt series

ArtGraeco’s homoerotic take on the 1956 American romantic comedy film Bus Stop, starring Marilyn Monroe(Cherie) and Don Murray (Bo). A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana (imdb description).

The CineManArt series by ArtGraeco reframes Cherie’s escape to the bus station still wearing her costume, before Bo lassoes her and drags her onto the bus bound for Montana.

CineManArt is a series of photomontages, collages and digital art by ArtGraeco that recast characters of mainstream movies, change scenarios and subvert plots. These up-stagings add new dimensions – some solemn, others playful – to the stereotypes, the intolerance and homophobia cinema portrayed for over 100 years of filmmaking.

The CineManArt series by Artgraeco depicts what cinema could be and could have been more of: open, daring, defiant, fair, inclusive. 

The homoeroticism here speaks to the subtext of sexual tensions and desires that flow between those of the same gender and the subversive homoerotic imagery in the movies.

 https://www.redbubble.com/people/artgraeco/works/25791138-unscheduled-stop-from-the-cinemanart-series

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Quench 

Photo art by ArtGraeco

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I've got you now from the CineManArt series

ArtGraeco’s homoerotic take on the James Bond spy film You Only Live Twice (1967).

James Bond (Sean Connery) has been captured, tied to a chair and interrogated by Helga Brandt (Karin Dor) as he attempts to unwind Ernst Stavro Blofeld’s plot to start a nuclear war.

[Bond is captured by Brandt]

Brandt: I've got you now.

Bond: Well, enjoy yourself.

[Brandt slaps him]

The CineManArt series by ArtGraeco replaces Helga with “Helmut”, instructing him to stay away from bridges (Helga Brandt is eaten by piranhas after a  bridge’s bottom drops out when Blofeld hits a pedal).

CineManArt is a series of photomontages, collages and digital art by ArtGraeco that recast characters of mainstream movies, change scenarios and subvert plots. These up-stagings add new dimensions – some solemn, others playful – to the stereotypes, the intolerance and homophobia cinema portrayed for over 100 years of filmmaking.

The CineManArt series by Artgraeco depicts what cinema could be and could have been more of: open, daring, defiant, fair, inclusive. 

The homoeroticism here speaks to the subtext of sexual tensions and desires that flow between those of the same gender and the subversive homoerotic imagery in the movies.

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Screen Test from the CineManArt series

CineManArt is a series of photomontages, collages and digital art by ArtGraeco that recast characters of mainstream movies, change scenarios and subvert plots. These up-stagings add new dimensions – some solemn, others playful – to the stereotypes, the intolerance and homophobia cinema portrayed for over 100 years of filmmaking.

The CineManArt series by Artgraeco depicts what cinema could be and could have been more of: open, daring, defiant, fair, inclusive. 

The homoeroticism here speaks to the subtext of sexual tensions and desires that flow between those of the same gender and the subversive homoerotic imagery in the movies.

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The Rear View from the CineManArt series

ArtGraeco’s homoerotic take on the 1947 film noir Dark Passage starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

Vincent Parry (Bogart) convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with the lovely Irene Jansen (Bacall) to prove his innocence. With the help of friendly cabbie Sam (Tom D'Andrea), Bogart makes contact with a plastic surgeon who can change his appearance. With his new face, Bogart seeks out the actual murderer.

The CineManArt series by ArtGraeco reframes the cab ride with lonely and tired Sam the cabbie “seeing” his silent passenger and another man about to have fun in the backseat.

CineManArt is a series of photomontages, collages and digital art by ArtGraeco that recast characters of mainstream movies, change scenarios and subvert plots. These up-stagings add new dimensions – some solemn, others playful – to the stereotypes, the intolerance and homophobia cinema portrayed for over 100 years of filmmaking.

The CineManArt series by Artgraeco depicts what cinema could be and could have been more of: open, daring, defiant, fair, inclusive. 

The homoeroticism here speaks to the subtext of sexual tensions and desires that flow between those of the same gender and the subversive homoerotic imagery in the movies.

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The Rarest Treasure from the CineManArt series by ArtGraeco

Art Graeco’s homoerotic take on the flying carpet scene in The Thief of Bagdad – an Arabian Nights epic fantasy and a magical ride full of surprises.

The subversive homoerotic imagery (what the thief of Bagdad is not wearing, the sweaty bare-chested men around him, beefcake and male bonding), as well as the misogynistic streaks in The Thief of Bagdad leave themselves open to interpretation.

CineManArt is a series of photomontages, collages and digital art by ArtGraeco that recast characters of mainstream movies, change scenarios and subvert plots. These up-stagings add new dimensions – some solemn, others playful – to the stereotypes, the intolerance and homophobia cinema portrayed for over 100 years of filmmaking.

The CineManArt series by Artgraeco depicts what cinema could be and could have been more of: open, daring, defiant, fair, inclusive. 

The homoeroticism here speaks to the subtext of sexual tensions and desires that flow between those of the same gender and the subversive homoerotic imagery in the movies.

ArtGraeco expresses mainly gay aesthetics and homoerotic themes -narratives, photography, collage and digital photo art on homosexuality | politics | history | nostalgia | longings | masculinity | femininity | homophobia | stereotypes | …

More information on art by Graeco at www.artgraeco.com

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The Cooper Touch from the CineManArt series by ArtGraeco

Claudette Colbert’s spanking by Gary Cooper in Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938), reframed in the CineManArt series by ArtGraeco

In Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife, Gary Cooper realizes that his relationship with his rebellious wife, Claudette Colbert, has many similarities with the plot in Taming of the Shrew. After exchanging slaps with his wife, he consults the book and tries something different: he puts his wife on his lap and starts spanking her, invoking Shakespeare! Hollywood has used spanking routinely as a way to tame a rebellious woman. Studios reinforced the idea that spankings (retrograde, maligned, or erotic), were a healthy part of a woman's life.

 CineManArt is a series of photomontages, collages and digital art by ArtGraeco that recast characters of mainstream movies, change scenarios and subvert plots. These up-stagings add new dimensions – some solemn, others playful – to the stereotypes, the intolerance and homophobia cinema portrayed for over 100 years of filmmaking.

The CineManArt series by Artgraeco depicts what cinema could be and could have been more of: open, daring, defiant, fair, inclusive. 

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Morning Joe. Photo art by ArtGraeco

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Swede's Story from the CineManArt series by ArtGraeco

Art Graeco’s homoerotic take on The Killers, a 1946 film noir of robbery, unrequited love, brutal betrayal and double-cross.

A doomed man, the Swede/Pete Lunn (Burt Lancaster), meets and falls under the spell of a fickle femme fatale, Kitty Collins (Ava Gardner) who comes to his hideout late at night and persuades him to steal the payroll… She later double-crosses him by stealing the money, ditching him, and rejoining her gangster boyfriend. Swede has lost the will to live and waits, alone in one room as his fate unfolds.

 CineManArt is a series of photomontages, collages and digital art by ArtGraeco that recast characters of mainstream movies, change scenarios and subvert plots. These up-stagings add new dimensions – some solemn, others playful – to the stereotypes, the intolerance and homophobia cinema portrayed for over 100 years of filmmaking.

The CineManArt series by Artgraeco depicts what cinema could be and could have been more of: open, daring, defiant, fair, inclusive. 

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The Boy in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower from the CineManArt series by ArtGraeco.

CineManArt is a series of photomontages, collages and digital art by ArtGraeco that recast characters of mainstream movies, change scenarios and subvert plots. These up-stagings add new dimensions – some solemn, others playful – to the stereotypes, the intolerance and homophobia cinema portrayed for over 100 years of filmmaking.

The CineManArt series by Artgraeco depicts what cinema could be and could have been more of: open, daring, defiant, fair, inclusive.

ArtGraeco expresses mainly gay aesthetics and homoerotic themes -narratives, photography, collage and digital photo art on homosexuality | politics | history | nostalgia | longings | masculinity | femininity | homophobia | stereotypes | …

More information on art by Graeco at www.artgraeco.com.

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