Fetish art
Fetish art is
History
Many of the 'classic' 1940s, 1950s and 1960s-era fetish artists such as Eric Stanton and Gene Bilbrew began their careers at Irving Klaw's Movie Star News company (later Nutrix), creating drawings for episodic illustrated bondage stories.
In 1946 fetish artist John Coutts (a.k.a.
In the 1970s and 1980s, fetish artists such as
Many artists working in the mainstream comic book industry have included fetishistic imagery in their work, usually as a shock tactic or to denote villainy or corruption. The boost that depictions of beautiful women in tight fetish outfits give to the sales of comics to a mostly teenage male comic-buying audience may also be a factor.[citation needed] In 1950s America comics with bondage or fetish themes began appearing.[2] Around the same time, fetish artists influenced the cartoons of George Petty, Alberto Vargas and others, which featured in magazines like Playboy and Esquire.[2] One example of fetish imagery in comics is the catsuit-wearing, whip-wielding Catwoman, who has been called, "an icon of fetish art".[3]
Many S&M, leather and fetish artists have produced images depicting
Mainstream fine artists such as
The works of contemporary fetish artists such as Roberto Baldazzini and Michael Manning are published by companies such as NBM Publishing and Taschen.
See also
- Erotic art
- Charles Guyette
- Eric Stanton
- Gene Bilbrew
- Irving Klaw
- John Willie
- List of fetish artists
- Damsel in distress
- Fetish model
- Photomanipulation
- Yiff
References
- ^ ISBN 0-8020-3843-3.
- ^ ISBN 0-313-31519-1.
- ISBN 0-87910-327-2.
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