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...wie Epigonen einer Zeit, die längst in der Geschichte versunken ist, voll tapferem Heldenmut und sagenhaften Abenteuern, doch zugleich auch nachdenklich und verletzlich, vor allem aber faszinierend sinnlich hat der Fotokünstler Marcelo Maia seine afroamerikanischen Modelle fotografiert. Vielleicht ist es gerade der afroamerikanische Mann, der in den Augen des Künstlers das antike Helden- und Schönheitsideal am besten verkörpert und dem er sich in seinen Arbeiten so sehr verwandt fühlt. Aber Maia beläßt es nicht beim Zitieren der Klassik. Vielmehr interpretiert er die klassische Pose als höchst moderne Ausdrucksform, deren ästhetische Wirkung kaum zu übertreffen ist.
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Since 1991 I have used
photography as the vehicle for discourses on sexuality. Beginning with
the sex and money project, the metaphoric images of gogo dancers with
cash belts were used to posit a bridge between the viewer, the concept
of sexuality and it's relation to money. Next in the book Prometheus,
the topic transposes to sexuality and racism. I redirect the Greek myth
of the creation of man from the Caucasus to his known anthropological
origins in Africa. By producing sensuous portraits of African-American
men, I aimed to modulate the cultural image of both God and creation
from the white marble to the black skin. The trilogy on sexuality will
close with a book on the topic of Sex and Power. Certain that if art has the power to liberate people of their prejudices, I believe that self-awareness requires the analysis of sexuality. Sex has to be understood and not just looked at as tabu material or as a commodity , objectified and but not really discussed. It's time to grow up, to be able to talk openly about ourselves without fear of being labeled and dismissed. |
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