In fact, Simcoe cheerfully acknowledges that his current exhibit is a bit of a departure. Both kinds of painting have been a lifelong practice for the artist, who studied classical portraiture at the Art Students League of New York during the early 1980s. The work on display in getting off may surprise viewers familiar with Simcoe’s portraits and still lifes. Simcoe, an artist based in the Lehigh Valley, drew most of them in the Gay Men’s Erotic Workshop at New York City’s Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, which describes itself as a “home for queer art, artists, scholars, activists and allies.” The exhibition features 20 drawings by Gerald Simcoe-many of them explicit male nudes. Getting off, the current exhibit at Allentown’s Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, offers a candid glimpse into intimate aspects of cis gay male sexuality. Gerald Simcoe, “First Love.” Photo courtesy the artist.
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