The Spanish artist PolAnglada takes us deep into his new show 'Hole' at CultureEDIT—a survey of racey, fanciful water color-and-pencil drawings that celebrate all manner of orifices.
When it came time to title his first solo exhibition and its accompanying fanzine,didn’t waste much time before deciding on “Hole.” It’s a fitting moniker, given the show’s subject matter—a survey of racey, fanciful water color-and-pencil drawings that celebrate all manner of orifices. Anglada’s illustrations—of sex scenes featuring glory holes, assholes, and mouth —are framed like film stills, allowing viewers a brief glimpse into each steamy vignette, while leaving the ending a mystery.
NUGENT: It’s nice to leave the works open to interpretation–that’s where fantasy is born. I liked, in particular, how you framed the works in circles and squares.I enjoy drawing when you start with a frame and then build an image inside of it. I like dwelling in this freedom, in this safe space where you can work on a personal project without boundaries or requirements, and just let go.
NUGENT: To that point, why is it important to touch upon the more fragile, sensitive side of homoeroticism in your work? ANGLADA: A bit bimbo, in a way. Taking the sexual energy of a bimbo and making it genderless. The same sugary joy, playfulness, softness, brightness—but set in a sex dungeon.ANGLADA: I love the sound of “Hole.” As I was saying before, it comes from growing up with my dad’s comics, listening to lots of Spanish punk music when I was a teenager, and listening to Hole with Courtney Love. It’s this riot grrrl attitude, as well as the hole of emotions, of sexual desire.
NUGENT: A lot of people say that cruising is dead, but you awaken its spirit here. There’s so much vulnerability when you cruise. You put yourself in a lot of different circumstances that could be dangerous, or could be pleasurable. But “Hole” captures something very utopian and amorous about the act of cruising.
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