The complexities of masculinity and desire, a fascinating mixture of East and West. The best of Sadao Hasegawa 

Release year: 2023

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 176 pages

Size: 12.20 x 8.66 x 0.78 in (31 x 22 x 2 cm)

Publisher: Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo

Edition: First edition, 1000 copies

Text: Curator of Global Contemporary Art Spencer Museum of Art. University of Kansas Kris Imants Ercums, Director of Gallery Naruyama in Tokyo Akimitsu Naruyama

Sadao Hasegawa (1945-1999) was a one-of-a-kind artist who made his mark in the closed world of gay art. Hasegawa's paintings, concealing minority sexual preferences, effortlessly transcend the everyday, capturing the fantastical essence of the private realm.

From his early romantic works drawn under the influence of psychedelic drugs, to works that interweave Hasegawa’s longing for foreign and exotic lands, erotic images of men created for magazines and manga, this book covers his vast array of styles. Major retrospective from Gallery Naruyama in Tokyo.