THE MASCULINE ELECTRIC

We see masculinity as inheritable, a trait of human nature residing somewhere deep within our biological identification as male. We see masculinity as enduring, a kernel of wisdom passed down from our fathers, our fathers’ fathers, and so forth. We see masculinity as absolute, as ceremonial ritual, as intimate brotherhood, as instinctual, crotch-forward bluster.

Poet Robert Bly once penned, “the structure at the bottom of the male psyche is still as firm as it was twenty thousand years ago.” Yet, there is no unitary, self-contained, self-perpetuating masculinity. "The Masculine Electric" proffers a satirical portrait of the masculine man as absolute entity, as ideology.

Gallery: Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
Year: 2013