'Skin Deep' --- it's coming soon....

I'm on my way preparing for my next exhibition called 'Skin Deep' and just starting to feel the excitement that goes along with the rush of showing my work to the public audience out here in Hong Kong. It will be my first exhibition this year and feels long overdue. What is interesting about this show is that the photography will move in a slightly new direction...with half of the selected images becoming more abstract. Photo manipulation techniques are used to invite the viewer to study the art pieces at a closer distance, and as such, the photographic images are large. The larger pieces are up to 5 feet high and set in light-boxes and will become the biggest pieces I have ever done. Yo! And who isn't a size queen here?

Well, I do hope that there are curious souls that want to come to this exhibition. No, there is no entrance fee for the event. A donation to The Society for Aids Care would be greatly appreciated. But hey, for those wanting to see the models I photograph, some will be in attendance. Dress code: black and sexy.

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I"m going 'Skin Deep'

There have been too many events and occurences in my life that I don't know where to begin, but I'll just start. Well, the time has come again for me to have another exhibition, and true enough, it will be a photographic exhibition entitled 'Skin Deep', to be held at the Fringe Club here in Hong Kong. (see www.theasianmale.com for details). I am particularly excited about this show because for the first time, I will show my work in a new way: large scale light-boxes of about 5 feet high by 4 feet wide. I just went to get the costing on one of them and it's going to break my account, but it will be worth it right? Setting me back by a few grand... I sometimes wonder why I continue to invest and spend all this money creating artwork whether it be a photograph, painting or drawing, when it is so rarely profitable. Yes, we artists do it for love, passion, the sake of creating and exploration. I can get into that too. But I wonder whether for me whether it's the need and desire to have strangers and friends alike compliment or critique my work. A secret desire to just be noticed and accepted into the public realm. People that know me well know that I am not as socical as one would seem. I'm introverted, solemn, quiet and somewhat depressed and down most of the time. Only on the rare occassion am I out there and wildly making my presence known. And for anyone that has dated me, they will know me even better. So maybe the exhibitions, the showcase of my work ONLINE -- is a form of vicarious act for the real me? Or as in Madonna's song 'Substitute for Love'? Do I need love? And this is a way for me to get it back from others? Why do I even need you? Yes, we all need love. Cause secretly I want the attention. No secret anymore now right?