Japanese Gay Art

Masahiro Yamanaka is a Japanese artist whose works are based on the life and times of Shinjuku 2 chome (a gay street in Tokyo). He exhibited his work at our exhibition for Mardis Gras, ‘Boys Life’. His works are not erotic, but showcase different aspects of Japanese gay life, giving a picture of the dramas [...]

We were recently lucky enough to interview Jiraiya, a popular and well known artist from Japan who exhibited at our Boys Life exhibition for the Sydney Mardis Gras. Using Illustrator, QuarkXPress and Photoshop, Jiraiya’s illustrations are realistic and delicate descriptions of Japanese men. His works have been published in both books and magazines in Japan [...]