MANTASTIC NW is a select group of Portland based artists who celebrate the male form and body acceptance through visual art. As a collective of artists, our goal is to enrich the lives of people with our art and events.
We are of the belief that art has a disproportionate amount of female figures compared to men, especially in nude forms. We are influenced by cultures that shame men for being bald, fat or hairy. We are also told that our genitals are shameful or inadequate. Mantastic NW is a g...
MANTASTIC NW is a select group of Portland based artists who celebrate the male form and body acceptance through visual art. As a collective of artists, our goal is to enrich the lives of people with our art and events.
We are of the belief that art has a disproportionate amount of female figures compared to men, especially in nude forms. We are influenced by cultures that shame men for being bald, fat or hairy. We are also told that our genitals are shameful or inadequate. Mantastic NW is a group art show that wants to celebrate the male form and raise awareness of this gender bias within the art community and body shaming within the queer community.
Local Lounge (Official) will display the art of 9 artists through the months of June, July and August. We will be hosting an opening art show reception on June 3rd, 2016 at 6pm. Each artist will be donating a signed work of art to our art raffle which benefits Focus on Youth. http://focusonyouth.org/
FEATURED ARTISTS:
- Austin R Kowitz
- Bret R Palazzo
- Buckley Jeppson
- Butch Williams
- Greg Ianto Bee
- Greg Kerr
- Greg Parkinson
- Michael Sjoberg Freed
- Pablo Cáceres (Pablito)
