Embrace 1
Michael Blewden
$695.00
Dimensions: 500 w × 500 h × 10 d
Materials: Acrylic on board
Description: Acrylic on board
Category: Paintings & Prints
Masculinity is being reframed in response to the harms associated with traditional definitions and rapidly changing social, economic, and employment context. This provides an opportunity to embrace broader, more inclusive, and ultimately healthier dimensions of masculinity, including for example, vulnerability and uncertainty. Derived from an image from the world of professional football, ‘Embrace (1)’ invites the viewer to consider the challenges, uncertainties, contradictions, and new possibilities presented by a reimagining of what it means to be a man. Cropped of context, the emotional tone is ambiguous, inviting multiple interpretations.