Luke Thurgate Australia, b. 1978
One & Only, 2024
oil on board
16 1/2 x 11 in
42 x 28 cm
42 x 28 cm
These paintings reimagine iconography from the Western cannon through the lens of queer aesthetics and desire. They hybridise works by Raphael, Rubens, and Reni with depictions of gay romance and...
These paintings reimagine iconography from the Western cannon through the lens of queer aesthetics and desire. They hybridise works by Raphael, Rubens, and Reni with depictions of gay romance and sexuality. At first glance a slightly monstrous and transgressive cocktail of elements, the works are also a sincere love letter to the history of western figurative art.