In Tokyo this week I went to a private museum that specialises in gay art. The museum is placed in the small private house of Mr. Ogizaki. Pictures of Sadao Hasegawa, Go Mishima, Go Hirano, Naomichi Okutsu and Hideki Koh are displayed in all walls of the house. As the owner says there are about [...]
Here are some profiles of Barazoku artists whose work is displayed on the Vintage Barazoku page. Please check out that page for a taste of what was being produced in Japan in the 70s and 80s. Tatsuji Okawa The information about Tatsuji Okawa in extremely limited. His name and work first appeared in public in [...]
I’ve had quite a bit of interest in Gengoroh Tagame’s visit to Sydney for Mardis Gras and the works that will be on display. I’ve decided to display the works that will be on display here so anyone interested can see what will be displayed. All works are originals and will be on sale, so [...]
Koh’s new works are coming one after another! In Sydney Mardi Gras 2010, I will sell 10 his new works, and limited edition prints, and posters which were made for a past exhibition. Also, we will show his past works which were used for the cover of “Barazoku”. As I’ve been receiving many enquiries about [...]
We are doing press for our upcoming exhibition in Sydney in February. If you’d like to read the press release, check out the below PDF. Press release: Oh! Kinky desu ka? (PDF, 2.5MB)
It’s been a while! Since I last posted I’ve been to and come back from Japan, where I met with lot’s of new artists who I hope to exhibit in the future. I’m happy to tell you that I’m planning on joining the Sydney Mardis Gras visual arts program again in 2010. I’ve titled our [...]
Gengoroh Tagame has joined a group exhibition in Japan, ‘Bungaku Ito Collection (Gay Erotic Artists from Barazoku)’. The exhibition started on the 1st June and runs till 13th June at Vanilla Gallery in Ginza, Tokyo. Tagame has supervised this exhibition, and is displaying some of his own works, a full set of his ‘Seven Sins’ [...]
Our latest exhibition of works by Japanese gay artists has opened at Hares & Hyenas queer bookstore, Fitzroy. We have works from around 15 artists on display including works by Hideki Koh, Jiraiya and Gengoroh Tagame. Come down, have a browse through the bookshop, and take a look at the gay world through the eyes [...]
Hares & Hyenas queer book shop in Fitzroy is opening a new cafe this weekend, and as part of the opening we are displaying some works remaining from the Boys Life exhibition.The opening is this Sunday the 17th of May at 3pm, 63 Johnston Street, Fitzroy. I’ll be there, so come down and say hi. [...]
During our exhibition for Mardis Gras, Chucky from the Opium Den gave us a call asking if we’d like to show some of the artworks once the exhibition had finished. Naturally we said yes, and are delighted to now have some of our artists works displayed there. The Opium Den is at 167 Hoddle Street, [...]
