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Preview: Kirsty Whiten’s “West End Bestiary” at Recoat Gallery

With her new series of drawings and paintings of unusual centaurs, Kirsty Whiten flips the direction of the male gaze with a body of work that contemplates masculinity through a mythological lens. The artist has a solo show coming up at Recoat Gallery in Glasgow titled "West End Bestiary" opening on Friday, March 8, that will feature a mural and an installation alongside the other works. "Something about the bestial/male body meld is hot, disgusting and empowering all at once," Whiten commented. Featuring World War I soldiers in action as well as meandering teenage youths, the man-horse hybrids inevitably raise questions about how masculinity is perceived. Take a look at some of the works in the show after the jump, images courtesy of Kirsty Whiten.

With her new series of drawings and paintings of unusual centaurs, Kirsty Whiten flips the direction of the male gaze with a body of work that contemplates masculinity through a mythological lens. The artist has a solo show coming up at Recoat Gallery in Glasgow titled “West End Bestiary” opening on Friday, March 8, that will feature a mural and an installation alongside the other works. “Something about the bestial/male body meld is hot, disgusting and empowering all at once,” Whiten commented. Featuring World War I soldiers in action as well as meandering teenage youths, the man-horse hybrids inevitably raise questions about how masculinity is perceived. Take a look at some of the works in the show below, images courtesy of Kirsty Whiten.

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