BOYS WILL BE BOYS

I live in Manukau City, South of Auckland; New Zealand. We have the densest pacific island population of any country in the world. The given is that meeting other like minded queers like yourself is easy, since geographically we’re all in the same city. You would think it were that simple. The Polynesian Princes of south Auckland are as closeted as the gays in the NRL. They have refined their visibility to a passing fragrance of I WANNA FUCK YOU BUT I”M WITH HER. The problem with this metaphor is that it reeks of homos in south Auckland but these men have succeeded in making themselves invisible.

So therein lays the problem of trying to engage and understand a type of man that exists only in theory. I imagine this type of man as wanting to express his sexual fluidity and attraction to the same sex however being stunted by his contradicting physicality, one of which is typically hetronormative and in gender specific terms what is appropriate for him to conform to i.e. “I am built in the manner of a man that is only biologically compatible with a significant other of the opposite sex”. This belief system is made a mantra that affirms a masculine stereotype and a gender ideal that is perpetuated, driven and motivated both sociologically and politically by a western heterosexual statuesque and moral majority.

The art works posted on this blog are inspired by this idea. This is JERRY THE FA’AFAFINE he is pleased to have finally found you and met you...


BUSHBOYS




5 comments:

  1. Luv the last one :) ur art is kinda thrilling to look at. been a poly boi this stuff is kinda forbidden or unspoken but seeing u dipict it so freely n unapologtically is just thrilling! Lol if that even makes sense haha

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    1. Thanks I'm glad you enjoy. your feedback makes it seem necessary to keep it going. I have a solo at a gallery in otara called FRESH GALLERY OTARA. the work addresses the same issues but in a more accessible way. check out the blog.
      http://tanugago.wordpress.com/

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  2. im a young poly artist n im really inspired by ur art. too bad im sydny australia n cant see ur show :(

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    1. pity that.. flick me an email some time. be kool to see your stuff. lets do an art swap.

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  3. pity that.. flick me an email some time. be kool to see your stuff. lets do an art swap.

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