{"product_id":"schwule-maenner-badehaus-gay-art-wandbild-01","title":"Gay Art Wall Mural - Two Gay Men in a Bathhouse, Modern Gay Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarble columns, golden light, the splendor of a Victorian bathhouse. Simeon Solomon painted in this 19th-century world—in Queen Victoria's England, where gay love was a crime—and hid his gay longing behind saintly figures and mythological scenes because he was not allowed to show it openly. He was gay, he knew exactly what happened between men when they desired each other. But Victorian England would not let him paint it. In 1873, he was arrested for loving a man. The art world abandoned him. He died alone and impoverished in 1905.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe took his backdrop—and placed two gay men in it who clearly are not from his time. One wears a blue sports unitard with a yellow waistband. The other, an open velvet blazer over a bare torso and black shorts. No halo, no mythological disguise. Just two men, forehead to forehead, one's hand on the other's arm. What Solomon had to hide, these two show quite naturally: They are gay, they desire each other, and these men of today stand in the midst of his world of marble, splendor, and pomp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is no coincidence. This is our concept. The historical backdrop makes visible what Solomon was not allowed to show. The modern men in it show it—without hiding, without disguise, without shame. Art history and the present meet, and the anachronism is the statement: Gay love and gay desire have always existed in this world. Solomon knew it. We know it. And now it hangs on the wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Simeon Solomon (1840–1905)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSolomon painted longing—between men, veiled in gold and halo, because he was not allowed to show it openly. Rossetti admired him, Wilde adored him. 1873 Arrest, silence, impoverishment. Today an icon of queer art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTechnical Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable in 20x20cm, 30x30 cm, 50x50 cm, and 60x60 cm. Ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGay Art for your home. KUNSTWERK BILDER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kunstwerk Bilder","offers":[{"title":"20x20 cm","offer_id":53354145218899,"sku":"PR-solom-mod-01","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x30 cm","offer_id":53354145251667,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x50 cm","offer_id":53354145284435,"sku":null,"price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60x60 cm","offer_id":53354145317203,"sku":null,"price":71.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0875\/7893\/5635\/files\/PR-solom-mod-01_hauptbild.png?v=1774628864","url":"https:\/\/www.kunstwerk-bilder.shop\/en-eu\/products\/schwule-maenner-badehaus-gay-art-wandbild-01","provider":"Kunstwerk Bilder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}