Hugh Steers' earlier paintings had two very different types of images: male couples tenderly helping each other dress or bathe, and a single male figure, wearing women's clothes and examining his body for signs of illness, shut alone in a room as if terrified of discovery.
The artist's recent work brings these images together. The paintings are all linked by the presence of a slim young man who, in one memorable image, poses with the hauteur of a Van Dyck aristocrat, hand on hip against a cascade of drapery. The difference is that he has an IV attached to his arm and he is attired in a mini-skirt version of a hospital robe and a pair of formidable white spike heels.
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