Robin - Sleeping
Together
Robin
isn't strictly a fetish artist, in fact work like Sleeping Together
seems quite cosy to the modern eye. We do have a discarded leather
boot here providing a tenuous fetish connection and the hand gripping
the younger man's arm hints at an element of forceful passion. The
luxuriant eyelashes and prominent cigarettes suggest this work is
quite early (50's/60's?) in which case the explicitness of the
intercourse shown and the quality of the draughtsmanship mark it out
as a bit special.
Robin - Bound
Interestingly,
Robin's exploration of bondage shown here is much less adventurous
and typical of it's time - the ropes are loosely tied (if at all) and
largely symbolic but it's a nice picture of submission. The
sophisticated vertical shading marks out an artist who has had decent
graphical training. These pictures in their broad-stroked simplicity
have something of the quality of woodcuts about them which gives them
an artistic quality, perhaps designed to defuse the content in less
tolerant times.
I
don't have a site reference for Robin and would welcome information
about him from readers.
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