Join EAF for an artist talk diving into the work of Sadao Hasegawa, one of post-war Japan’s most influential gay fetish artists. Showing in Scotland for the first time, EAF exhibition Carnal Desires reveals the fantastical queer worlds of Hasegawa’s paintings: where idealised male forms encounter mythic creatures, hybrid animals, and divine bodies unbound by earthly limits.
Featuring unearthed pieces from the archives of Tokyo’s Gallery Naruyama, many of which have never been shown before in the UK, this talk will celebrate the life and legacy of Hasegawa, and the impact of his erotic queer cosmos on artists for years to come.
The talk will be led by Dr Cole Collins and Dr Patrick Carland-Echavarria, two scholars whose work sits at the intersection of queer art history, translation, and cultural exchange. Collins is a researcher, editor and writer specialising in queer art and Dada, and has chaired sessions for EAF and Edinburgh International Book Festival on queer art, literature, and film. Carland-Echavarria is a cultural historian whose research focuses on queer literature and media in postwar Japan, and whose recent curatorial work includes the exhibition The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869–1939.
Event Info
→ This event is in Gallery 2 of Custom Lane, which can be found through the back of Gallery 1. There is step-free access to the building from the courtyard, with cobbles underfoot.
→ This event is seated. If you need a particular kind or placement of seat, please let us know in the “Access Needs” box below.
→ The exhibition features paintings that graphically depict nudity, sex, and fetish practices, including bondage and beastiality.
→ Download the Custom Lane Access & Inclusion guide for full venue accessibility information.
In collaboration with Gallery Naruyama. Supported by National Centre of Art Research Japan, Japan House London, and Art Fund’s Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grant.
