July 14th, 2006
Matthias Herrmann
Vienna-based photographer Matthias Herrmann is not known for shyness, at least in front of his own camera.
As an openly gay artist willing to present himself nude, in jockstraps, in underwear, or in drag, he has used his own body in books, self-published magazines, and exhibitions spanning the major cities of Europe, North America, and Australia to explore and comment on the state of the contemporary world, its culture, and its politics.
His work is witty, amusing, sexy, and provocative. It is also deeply committed to testing the limits of what it means to live in a society where traditional definitions of everything from masculine and feminine to public and private are no longer as stable as they were for earlier generations.
