Duda Breda
Rafael T., Corpo A 2020
Rafael T., Corpo A 2020
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Duda Breda stages a visceral act of transformation—or perhaps disintegration. The model, seated mid-motion, conceals his face in the folds of dark fabric, suggesting a struggle between revelation and erasure. The body is caught in a tension of taut musculature and ambiguous intent: Is he undressing or trying to disappear?
This gesture destabilises the expected visual hierarchy of the male nude. The idealised form is present, but identity is deliberately denied. What remains is an anonymous shell, articulated by veins, bones, and sinew — a body sculpted by discipline but unclaimed by certainty. The elevated heels add uncanny grace, evoking performance, strain, masculinity, and vulnerability in coiled tension.
The image becomes a site of refusal and exposure, where the subject's refusal to "be seen" disrupts the very purpose of a nude study. It’s a haunting visual essay on the internal exile queer men may experience as they chase — or escape — the body ideals imposed upon them.
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