I will be showing my "Gay dolls" at The Dirty Show 10!
DIRTY SHOW-2009
10th Anniversary Celebration
International Erotic Art Exhibition
February 6-14, 2009 • Detroit
Bert's Warehouse Theater
2739 Russell St. Detroit, MI 48207
Located in the heart of Detroit's Eastern Market
Advance tickets are now on sale.
Avoid lines and guarantee your place inside what promises to be the biggest Dirty Show® in history.
Weare doing everything we can to insure our Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition will be something to remember. After a long, incredibly harddecision process, the jury has selected an amazing collection of erotica from a record number of entries. We are bringing back a few ofthe favorite interactive exhibits as well as creating some new treatsfor your eyes.
This will be the Dirty Show® you'll tell your children about…well, on second thought that probably isn’t a good idea…might scar them for life or something.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE:
February 6,
Friday Evening
OPENING NIGHT
7:00pm - 2:00am
21 & Over
Tickets $15 Advance
February 7,
Saturday Evening
7:00pm - 2:00am
21 & Over
Tickets $15 Advance
February 8,
Sunday
DAYTIME Only
12:00pm - 6:00pm
18 & Over
$10 No Advance
February 13,
Friday Evening
7:00pm - 2:00am
18 & Over
Tickets $15 Advance
February 14,
Saturday Evening
Valentine's
Closing Celebration
7:00pm - 2:00am
18 & Over
Tickets $15 Advance
*Age Restrictions apply
These are unique sculptures signed by the artist.
The controversial handmade doll created by the Brazilian sculptor, Fernando Carpaneda, in New York, are leaving Arabs and homophobic religious leaders with their hair standing on end! Charlie, the gay doll, was created by the artist, and his composition was inspired by both gay icons and notorious homophobes in contemporary history. The doll's body is based on the Russian journalist and photographer, Slava Mogutin, who is the most famous gay celebrity in Russia and was chosen by Carpaneda in honor of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, who banned demonstrations of gay pride in his country. The gay doll face was inspired by the Brazilian priest, Edino Fonseca, a notoriously homophobic Brazilian politician who proposed using taxpayer money to establish clinics to cure gay people of their homosexuality.
The doll is featured in four versions: a skinhead, in tribute to the largest homophobic group in the world, another version dressed in a gothic priest robe, like that used by the priest, Marcelo Rossi, a Brazilian Catholic icon, and an Arab version in tribute to the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. And lastly, a Jewish version. The doll is also dedicated to the Pope, as he is one of the most homophobic religious leaders in history.
Charlie, the Gay Doll, comes with two penis options, flaccid uncircumcised or erect. The penis model was based on the artist's own penis. The name Charlie is a tribute to the president of The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, Charles Leslie. Charlie is 12 inches tall with tattoos.