I’ll be unveiling the color version of this at Bar Sinister this weekend. The glow in the dark canvas is just about primed and ready.
So I’m at Perverted Podcast last night, and I’ve already had in mind a sticker design shaped like a butt plug. Something you can put on your guitar case, skate board, boyfriend, where they’ll first think “ok, it’s just a butt plug,” then look closer and go “oooooh! there’s kinky art in here!”
While everyone’s chatting, I’m sketching this out, and I just finished detail on the inks today. This is going to be unveiled at Bar Sinister on February 11th. I kept it simple and basic. Even women at Bar Sin like art with women in bondage, Goddess bless them. So I think this may be a popular piece.
Unlike last time, I’m not handing these out for free. That ship sailed. I’m planning to keep up the sex toy theme with some Femdom themes and a couple of submissive males. Those will be revealed at Threshold’s My Kinky Valentine on February 18th. Dang, that’s coming soon!
Cadillac Rancher and Ant Farmer Hudson Marquez posing with “Wanda’s 7 Seas,” one of the favorite pieces from “Welcome to Stiletto” at La Luz de Jesus gallery in Hollywood
In fetish art, there are mainstream artists who will occasionally crank out a fetish piece because it fits their needs, grabs attention, or to satisfy a commission. Some will be glad for the break, only to put it behind them to move on to better things. It is with a fond wink and a smile that I say that it is rare I see this go the other way around.
Despite my tirade against Juxtapoz Magazine a couple weeks ago on YouTube, I admit Hudson Marquez did happen to make it into the magazine a while back, before the publication began playing it safe. His more famous works are with the anti-commercialism, anti-media art group Ant Farm. My favorite and most recognized by my generation would be Cadillac Ranch, where the group planted finned Cadillacs nose first into Texan soil for visitors ponder its American awe while the rusting relics moon the drive for a dollar. What seized my attention in the article, were a few pieces where he painted high heel shoes. So when I got an e-mail from La Luz de Jesus in Hollywood saying he had his own showing of shoes, yer goddamned right I had to come check this out.
It speaks to me 🙂 “500 Club” by Hudson Marquez at “Welcome to Stiletto” show at La Luz de Jesus gallery in Hollywood
What surprised me most was how big these damned things are! Each piece is three foot by three foot square. They’re raw! They’re low for lowbrow. But there’s a power in them. These aren’t some quick studies for a fast buck. You can feel that he really digs what he’s doing here.
Gallery manager Matt Kennedy quickly introduced me to Marquez, and we quickly hit it off. This ain’t a dainty snowflake. He quickly questioned me about my Teamster jacket and I found out he’s a fellow teamster. Marquez handled trucks for the movie companies, working part of the year in the movie industry and used the rest of the time to get art done. It’s a focus that paid off well.
He had in his hands a set of dice-shaped Mardi Gras beads and carried them like a gambler’s rosary. As female friends and fans came to say hello, we couldn’t help but notice shoes and boots. As we talked paint and pieces, it was obvious. He gets it! He’s not doing this for some quick attention to move on to better things. This fetish is in his blood.
Around the corner is one of Marquez earlier pieces. While the canvas is large, several small shoes are painted on the piece. For this show, he wanted to go larger. It allowed Marquez to get more comfortable with the high heels and include more details. He mentioned how he loved doing the flesh tones and gave me advice on mixing paints for the effect.
Matt Kennedy came over and pointed out the rough sketches under the paint. There are odd phallic doodles, a dog, the Joker, and they give an added subconscious to the work. They’re easy to miss at first. I really like the idea and am working that concept into a couple of my own paintings in progress.
You can tell that he’s driven by the shoes and women who wear them, and women attending the show seem to get that the most. He got a lot of hugs and respect. There’s a serious love here for what he’s doing. The mainstream will find a way to work him in. It would be a sin for his work not to make it into fashion offices around the world. But his soul lay in soles and fetish. This work is just as at home in the dungeon as in the studio, and I think there’s more to come in the years ahead.
Welcome to Stiletto by Hudson Marquez is on display until February 26th. Due to the size of the pieces, not all are on display at the gallery. For a full catalog of his safe for work shoe porn, go to http://laluzdejesus.com/marquez-kox-diaz
La Luz de Jesus caught my by surprise this week with an e-mail announcing the opening of “Hudson Marquez : Welcome to Stiletto” with reception party tonight! Friday February 3rd at 8:00 P.M.
Should have been on February 5th, in time for Shoe Porn Sunday! This is a must see for shoe fetishists. Granted, you can still see the opening on Friday and then come back to celebrate on Sunday. Just celebrate with your clothes on please 🙂
Honestly, the style of Marquez is a little rough for my taste, but having been called “ham handed,” by some fetish art critics, I’m not much of one to talk. On the other hand, there’s definitely something to his raw style, and dedication to the shoe fetish. And, there’s a lot of them, in different styles and colors. As a fetishist, I do find it inspirational, and it is somewhat safe for work. I mean seriously, I know some vanilla women would be all over this, because it’s all about the shoes.
So come check it out tonight. La Luz de Jesus is at 4633 Hollywood blvd in Hollywood, about where Hollywood and Sunset do that weird split on the east side. You may also know of it as WACO Soap Factory. This is one of three showings that night, the other two are of Daniel Martin Diaz: Paradise Lost and Norbert Koz: False Salvador. Both look to be curious on their own, but I’m not sure if there’s any high heels in those installations 😉 For more details and a full catalog, go to http://laluzdejesus.com/marquez-kox-diaz
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice, Wonder Woman shows Robin magic lasso shibari. And I did a video blog post about my adventure at Bar Sinister last Saturday. I know I look like a dork in the video, but hey, I’m new at this. Short form is showing at Bar Sinister went well, despite a gastric ejection from a patron, but that’s the biz when you show at a Hollywood bar.
It may stop, but it never ends 🙂
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