27 DEAN SAMESHIMA

Figures of Lust, Furtively Encountered in the Nights, #4, 2004
lightjet print
print size 28 1/2 x 30 inches, plus frame, ed. of 2 + 1 AP

About this artwork, Sameshima says: “I find it somewhat sad that cruising the old fashion way, in public, can now be safely done on the computer in our homes. The ‘sexual outlaw’ no longer exists; especially not in front of a keyboard…I am interested in how gay men choose to represent themselves with their online self-portraits. Since the ’90s I noticed the trend developing on a popular online cruising website, the decline of faces and the abundance of body parts.” A Los Angeles based artist, Sameshima had two solo shows this year at the Taka Ishii Gallery in Tokyo and Peres Projects in Los Angeles. He has been exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Kunstverein in Hamburg; and Kunstraum Innsbruck. Sameshima holds a MFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

courtesy of the artist and Peres Projects,
Los Angeles and Berlin
value $2,700–3,300