YVES DE BRABANDER

BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME, pt II

Antwerp, 2012-2020

The depiction of these uniforms are not a idolisation of their individualistic ideology.

Bring the Boys back Home is an answer to the upcoming connotations of eroticism and shame of the nude (male) body in art-photography.
To be deprived of clothes may simply reference pure innocence and youth. For much of history nude men were represented martyrs and warriors.

The photographs in this series are an extract from a bigger project, consisting of
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installation at Tom of Finland Art and Culture Festival 2023 Berlin

Intallation at Tom of Finland Art&Culture Festival 2023 in Berlin (May 2023), Shown in a former Womens Prison.

THE FEAR OF MEN — GIVE ME SHELTER — SONGS OF FREEDOM. Laserprint on plywood. Antwerp, 2020

At work in antwerp studio. summer 2020

Bulgarian Navy Sailor — detail . Laserprint on plywood. Antwerp, 2020

R.A.F. Regiment — detail . Laserprint on plywood. Antwerp, 2020

DRAG YOU DOWN WITH ME — I'LL MAKE YOU A BELIEVER — HEAR MY PRAYER. Laserprint on plywood. Antwerp, 2020

THE ORIGINAL SOLDIER — manipulated composition out of 3 bodies. Laserprint on plywood. Antwerp, 2018

BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME, pt II

Antwerp, 2012-2020

The depiction of these uniforms are not a idolisation of their individualistic ideology.

The photographs in this series are an extract from a bigger project, consisting of
Read full text