Proudly Presents

In Memory

 the Poser Art of

GREASETANK

(1951 - August 1st, 2008)

I'm grieved to announce that Greasetank has left his mortal body

behind, but his talent lives on!

Why Don't You Officers Just Eat Me?

WARNING

This page contains Greasetank's poser images that many found too politically offensive and/or violent!

Quoted from QAR (Queer Arts Resource) webpage which has a dedicated page to Greasetank!

GREASETANK: OUR VERY OWN FLOWERS OF EVIL
by Lionel A. Biron • A QAR Exclusive!

While some decry the advent of computer generated imagery and view it as an unwelcome encroachment into the world of charcoals, oils, and pencils, it should be remembered that the same was said of photography when it first appeared on the art scene. Although there are hundreds of Gay and Lesbian artists who now use a mouse as their brush and a computer screen as their canvas, few of them have achieved the level of recognition and notoriety as one unassuming Texan who goes by the unlikely name of Greasetank (GT). His works have been displayed in such disparate locations as Riga, Rotterdam, and Los Angeles, and published in periodicals as varied as Blue, Squeeze, and G-Men.

So what is there about his compositions that has made some in the art world sit up and take notice? In the September 2003 issue of Australia's Blue magazine, Brad Johnston summed it up this way:

"Greasetank's world is populated with brutal, muscled thugs and their blond, boyish victims, with a chorus of liquored-up good ol' boys chanting for the kill. It's a hyper-masculine, fascist hell-paradise, and with its homoerotic edge and potent use of 20th century symbols, it's also unsettlingly familiar. These are universal nightmares, filtered through the sensibilities of one man, a gay man, and the results - love them or hate them - are powerful."

Political correctness seems absent from Greasetank's vocabulary, as many of his compositions depict the most degrading and alarming aspects of bigotry and homophobia. "I'm pushing it about as far as it can go," he says. "They're odd bedfellows, brutality and sexuality. That one should feed off the other is a deep mystery to me, but it would be a big mistake to cover my eyes and pretend it isn't so."

To read more, go to

http://www.queer-arts.org/greasetank/index.html

The images below are from the same gallery found at QAR's page. You are welcome to them view from here, or go directly to their website using the URL below!

http://www.queer-arts.org/greasetank/index.html

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    KNUCKLE ALLEY SERIES

Greasetank's Knuckle Alley mages were used in a gay fiction story by Big Billy Dean

Jake and Jimmy: Friday Night Fagbash

(click the title to read the story)

More Greasetank

Greasetank no longer has his own website.

The above images are the more sedate examples of his artistic expression. The majority of his works are far more expressively sadistic; many of which contain violent and bloody physical acts between men. If you are curious and wish to see more, you may continue to the site below.

You can find more of Greasetank's and other gay artists' works at this archive!

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Freedom of Speech is put to the test by the free exchange of ideas one personally finds offensive.  QAR - Queer Arts Resource

All renderings are placed here with permission from the artist.

Do not use on any website or internet group without permission.