National Art Exhibition "The Modern Male" Previewing first on Cape Cod

Bowersock Gallery's "The Modern Man" has invited artists to give their view on the subject. The curated national call, and invitation exhibition, opens July 5 and runs through July 23.

Who is the modern man?

Over the centuries he's cut an imposing even ridiculous figure, donned flowing gowns, ballooned breeches, Zoot suits, tuxedos, kilts and designer farmer jeans. Long hair, bowl cuts, buzz cuts, mullets and man-buns, have been recycled with a decade's twist through the centuries. Beards, mustaches, sideburns and the clean cut look have all taken their turns.

The decade's silhouette often presents like a uniform, along with the time's cultural view of masculinity, and the sexual norm.

Today things are looser, both in how we dress and what constitutes a man's role, his sexuality, and how he presents and carries himself in the public sphere.

So, who is this contemporary man? What does he look like? Does he cling to the past, move with the latest trend or embracing a truer self. Is he one of the "buds" in a multiple ethnicity group, a practice once frowned upon; an at-home dad; Wall-street Shark; body builder; transgender, or drag queen?

"While reviewing our fifteenth anniversary season, we were surprised to realize we hadn't done this yet," Gallery Owner and Curator Steve Bowersock says. "We also realized, but for the exception of erotica, there are fewer works of art representing males, not only in our own gallery, but in many we'd visited.

"So, we're excited about this show, an exhibition that takes stock of the contemporary man in all his guises, as seen by the individual artist from all walks of life." Exhibit Jurors are Realist Academy of Boston Assistant Director Julie Beck, and Bowersock.

"This exhibit feels part mystery and part celebration. First the mystery: what each submission might unfold - how do we see this changing landscape," he says. "And of course the celebration of the male, in all his faces, transitions and essences."

Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm.

Category: Arts | Visual Arts | Galleries / Art.

Artists / Speakers: Group Show.