Bondage Device: Meat Hoist,

Hal Fischer

Bondage Device: Meat Hoist,, 197776.2 x 61cmSign in to view price
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The black and white image depicts an unusual and unsettling bondage device. The prominent features are the simple wooden frame suspending a set of boots or restraints, which are connected by a system of chains and ropes. The stark, minimalist composition emphasizes the harsh, clinical nature of the device, which appears to be designed for some form of restraint or torture. The overall style and technique evoke a sense of unease and discomfort, suggesting the artist's intention to challenge or subvert traditional notions of power, control, and the human body. While the purpose of this artwork may be controversial, it speaks to the artist's engagement with complex and sensitive themes within the contemporary art discourse. ...

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Hal Fischer
Artist
Hal Fischer
B.1950, American

Hal Fischer is a San Francisco-based artist who works in photography, text and performance. One of the prominent figures of American conceptual photography of the 1970s, his work is documentation and celebration of "the gay universe", which was San Francisco's Castro and Haight-Ashbury districts for Fischer. His series, such as Gay Semiotics and 18th Near Castro Street x 24, are projects consisting of photo texts documenting cruising gay men in the city's streets. The writing over the black and white photographs of men in Gay Semiotics reveals a "hanky code", signs that indicate one's sexual preference and that are visible to all but can only be seen by the members of the gay community. Fischer's photography is quiet in its everydayness; it is unapologetic in its honesty, overflowing with 1970s Pride. Born in 1950, US, Hal Fischer's four-decade-long career spans across photography, art criticism and museum management. His work is part of collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art New York and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. His usage of photo-text medium is one of the pioneering projects merging conceptual photography with linguistic structuralist movement. ...

Hal Fischer: Artworks
Gay Semiotics
Hal Fischer
Gay Semiotics, 1977
50.8 x 40.64cm
18th near Castro Street x 24, 1978, printed 2018
Hal Fischer
18th near Castro Street x 24, 1978, printed 2018, 1978
50.8 x 40.6cm
Boy-Friends
Hal Fischer
Boy-Friends, 1979
20 x 25.4cm
Civic Center
Hal Fischer
Civic Center, 1979
47.5 x 57.5 x 2.7cm
Billboard Diptych, 1979, printed 2018
Hal Fischer
Billboard Diptych, 1979, printed 2018, 1979
64 x 79 x 3cm
Cheap Chic Homo
Hal Fischer
Cheap Chic Homo, 1979
41 x 33 x 3cm
Gag Mask,
Hal Fischer
Gag Mask,, 1977
61 x 76.2cm
Leather Apparal,
Hal Fischer
Leather Apparal,, 1977
61 x 76.2cm
Amyl Nitrite,
Hal Fischer
Amyl Nitrite,, 1977
61 x 76.2cm
Bondage Device: Cross,
Hal Fischer
Bondage Device: Cross,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Bondage Device: Open End Table Rack,
Hal Fischer
Bondage Device: Open End Table Rack,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Bondage Device: Meat Hoist,
Hal Fischer
Bondage Device: Meat Hoist,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Submission,
Hal Fischer
Submission,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Sadism & Masochism,
Hal Fischer
Sadism & Masochism,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Dominance,
Hal Fischer
Dominance,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Street Fashion: Leather,
Hal Fischer
Street Fashion: Leather,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Street Fashion: Uniform,
Hal Fischer
Street Fashion: Uniform,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Street Fashion: Hippie,
Hal Fischer
Street Fashion: Hippie,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Street Fashion: Forties Trash,
Hal Fischer
Street Fashion: Forties Trash,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Street Fashion: Jock,
Hal Fischer
Street Fashion: Jock,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Archetypal Media Image: Natural,
Hal Fischer
Archetypal Media Image: Natural,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Archetypal Media Image: Classical,
Hal Fischer
Archetypal Media Image: Classical,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Archetypal Media Image: Leather,
Hal Fischer
Archetypal Media Image: Leather,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Archetypal Media Image: Urbane,
Hal Fischer
Archetypal Media Image: Urbane,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Archetypal Media Image: Western,
Hal Fischer
Archetypal Media Image: Western,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Earring,
Hal Fischer
Earring,, 1977
61 x 76.2cm
Keys,
Hal Fischer
Keys,, 1977
61 x 76.2cm
Signifiers for a Male Response,
Hal Fischer
Signifiers for a Male Response,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Street Fashion: Basic Gay,
Hal Fischer
Street Fashion: Basic Gay,, 1977
76.2 x 61cm
Handkerchiefs,
Hal Fischer
Handkerchiefs,, 1977
61 x 76.2cm
Gay Semiotics,
Hal Fischer
Gay Semiotics,, 1977
50.8 x 40.5cm
18th near Castro Street x 24,
Hal Fischer
18th near Castro Street x 24,, 1978
50.8 x 40.6cm
Boy-Friends,
Hal Fischer
Boy-Friends,, 1979
20 x 25.4cm
Project Native Informant
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Project Native Informant
London

Contemporary art gallery established in 2013 with a strong interest in expanded institutional critique. Project Native Informant works with 16 artists and collectives, producing 5-6 exhibitions per year and hosting performances, concerts, talks and events.

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