Ode to Phallus, Compliment on Breasts: The Art of Andrejs Majevskis

Despite the age of phallic totems and their abundance in various cultures, many of us connect the term 'erotic' mostly with the image of bare breasts. The art of Russian-born painter Andrejs Majevskis is highly amusing and majorly homoerotic. If the fetish of all heterosexual men seems tiring, the works of Majevskis, except several featuring breasts, may become a refreshing treat for a phallic obsession (promoted predominantly by homosexuals). Meanwhile, the typically female fetish seems not to exist, but it's a topic for another article or, probably, a thread...

Fig. 1. Self-portrait with a chair on the head, oil on canvas

Fig. 2. Red chair, oil on canvas

Fig. 3. Dali’s dick, oil on cardboard, 1999

Fig. 4. Gala, oil on cardboard, 1999

Fig. 5. Waltz, acryl on paper, 2001

Fig. 6. Angel, oil on canvas

Fig. 7. Kiss, crayons, 2001

Fig. 8. Andrey, oil on cardboard and canvas, 2006

Fig. 9. David, oil on cardboard and canvas, 2006

Crossing the Borders

Andrejs Majevskis was born in Omsk in 1967. After graduating from Omsk Art College in 1984, he enrolled in the Young Artists' Association. Three years later, the artist moved to Riga, Latvia. In the 1990s, he also lived and worked in Saint Petersburg, Russia, organizing projects for the Hermitage State Museum and building cultural connections between Russian and Latvian artists, which was crucial after the Soviet Union's fall, when national republics had abrasive relationships with their former "metropole." Andrejs Majevskis has been a member of the Artists' Union of Russia since 2003 and the Artists' Union of Latvia since 2004. Despite the many exhibitions he held in Russia and Latvia, the freshest info on the net dates back to 2011, when Majevskis registered an account at a web gallery and provided us with some works and short curriculum vitae. Among his paintings are illustrations of the poetry of Baudelaire, erotic letters by ancient author Aristaenetus, and the medieval Hammer of Witches. Besides graphic art, Majevskis also creates phallic totems and other wooden sculptures (fig. 10).

Fig. 10. Idol, painted wood, mosaique

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Sources: all images are taken from gallery.ru