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Boys keep Swinging
Arty Boys is a counterbalance to Arty
Girls (no.14). So the call went out for contributors and
here they are boy centred and beautiful.
One of the main criteria when choosing this theme for Arty 16 was
that it should be able to feature the Libertines. Their inclusive
anti-music business stance – do gigs anywhere, mingle freely
with fans, have internet chat rooms where you talk with fans on
the same level, put music on the internet – ignore the rules
and the hierarchy, fits perfectly with the principals that apply
to both Arty and Transition. Unreachable superstar status is over,
yet if we’re honest we still want it. So lets all be famous
for 5 minutes, lets start a gallery, a magazine, a band – I
know that they can’t all be great but lets do it anyway. Britpop
and Britart left me cold but they were stepping-stones to what we
have now. A new groundswell of proactivity.
But back to the boys. The Arty contributors have turned in a multitude
of males. From the very young, to the sexy, to the tough and of
course the down right naughty.
One reoccurring theme seems to be the film Withnail and I.
Mentioned by no less than three of the contributors it seems to
hold the key to a warped modern notion of masculinity.
Cathy Lomax |
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