Title: New masculinities
Location: Ostend, Belgium
Artist: Slim Safont aka SLIM (Spain)
For: The Crystal Ship Oostende
Curated by: All About Things
Year: 2023
“I was proposed to work inside an school and educational space so I thought a painting that could generate a positive impact to the students when it comes to thinking, meeting and relating around the paint.
The mural intends to represent the new masculine identities that have been increasingly growing in recent years, largely thanks to the ability of the new generations to propose and defend new thoughts and identities that break with the highly predefined hegemonic masculinity. The mural presents three young male adolescents who establish a friendly relationship but show each other a physical contact of affection and care.
Friendship between boys tends to always maintain a barrier or physical and emotional distance when it comes to showing it to the other.
With the mural, we intend to propose and make visible to students a form of masculine interaction that breaks with the unique idea of a strong, brave and tough man who should not show his feelings or vulnerability.”
Slim Safont
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Categories: OperArt, Street art
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