{"product_id":"schwule-maenner-badehaus-gay-art-wandbild","title":"Gay Art in Solomon's World - From Bathhouse to Gay Sauna","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarble columns, mosaic windows, the warm light of a bathhouse that smells of splendor and mystery. Simeon Solomon, the gay Victorian painter, knew this world – and painted his longing within it, hidden behind sacred figures and mythical scenes, because Victorian England left him no other choice. He knew what happens between men when they desire each other. 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 setting – and placed two men in it that Solomon would never have been allowed to paint. One wears what gay men wear today: skimpy blue briefs, \"GAY LOVE\" on the waistband – and, as we know, beneath the waistband lies the center of gay desire. The other has an open burgundy velvet blazer thrown over his bare torso, a designer piece from today. And the bathhouse behind them is no random background: it was Solomon's encrypted place of longing – and the direct ancestor of the gay sauna, which to this day is what the Victorian bathhouse was never allowed to be: a place where gay men find each other, desire, and have sex, without hiding. The two men in our picture stand in both worlds simultaneously. This is no coincidence. This is the surrealism of our transformation: gay men of today placed in a world where everything gay was forbidden and punishable. A picture to ponder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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 collide, and the anachronism is the statement: gay love and gay desire have always existed in this world. Solomon knew that. 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. Oscar Wilde admired him. In 1873, Solomon was arrested for loving a man. The art world abandoned him. He died alone and impoverished in 1905. Today, he is an icon of gay 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. ARTWORK PICTURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kunstwerk Bilder","offers":[{"title":"20x20 cm","offer_id":53354287858003,"sku":"PR-solom-mod-02","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x30 cm","offer_id":53354287890771,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x50 cm","offer_id":53354287923539,"sku":null,"price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60x60 cm","offer_id":53354287956307,"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-02_hauptbild.png?v=1774632837","url":"https:\/\/www.kunstwerk-bilder.shop\/en-eu\/products\/schwule-maenner-badehaus-gay-art-wandbild","provider":"Kunstwerk Bilder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}