Hong Kong-born Cary Kwok's drawings rival the scene at Miami's South Beach for perfect pecs and abs of steel. The fashion-school grad's first exhibition at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin presents a titillating take on the human form comprised of nine individual drawings, plus eight others in a series titled Rapture. Confronting the viewer with uncomfortably intimate imagery, Rapture depicts an exquisitely rendered penis in various states of flaccidity, erection, and orgasm. Drawn with a simple ballpoint pen and color pencils and reminiscent of Tom of Finland, Kwok's subjects are highly stylized, right down to the artist's signature unfurled on an old-fashioned heart tattooed on the chest of a blindfolded, shackled, and erect muscleman in Blind Date Buffet — a balance of humor, retro-camp, and deft drawing.
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