As we're delving in a local homoscene crisis where the last 'gay'-bar has been hihacked by local youth and students and the 'adult' community of the original founders is running off in despair,
while the bar remains as a horribly redisigned fashionqueens hangout, where they're no longer welcome and dismissed as sex-obsessed.
We see a move the other way around in Amsterdam, where the fashionista bars have all kicked the bucket and the old cruisingstreets- and bars are rejuvenating.
To celebrate this great development I felt it could be wise to display some imagery from the 1st pioneer wave of our circuit by one of the cult hero artists and cruisebar decorators, Domino.
may I also draw attention to the art of Etienne, who decorated many a bar and darkroom which has a dedicated gallery in the masterclass.
not only vintage, historic or neoclassics, also huge collections of Tom Jones, Harry Bush, Willem Kok, Axel, Roscoe, Falco, Rex, Michael Kirwan and more hard to swallow stuff inside . . . .
new talents get noticed here first
above of course is not one of those new discoveries:
interested in the splash page of last month, dedicated to summerfun at nude beaches, ow under threat in our, once so tolerant NL.
check out the new content on db,
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everybody can sample the vast db/queerart masterclass collection in thumbnails,
or read up on the adventures of the webmaster on the weblog.