{"product_id":"only-fit","title":"ONLY FIT","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eONLY FIT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGildo Medina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcrylic, colored pencil and watercolor on paper, framed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8.6 x 8.6 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the works:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Men's Coded Poetry\"\u003c\/em\u003e is Gildo Medina's first series of homoerotic works — a 15-drawing grid that mirrors the visual structure of a dating app screen. Set against New York City's landscape of power, beauty, and seduction, the series reimagines the aristocratic portrait tradition as a space to explore contemporary masculinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWhere 17th-century portraiture encoded identity through heraldic symbols and noble titles, Medina substitutes the raw lexicon of modern desire: \u003cem\u003e\"BigFatNow,\" \"MuscMusk,\" \"UncutThick,\" \"Hung,\" \"XL Top,\" \"Daddy.\"\u003c\/em\u003e These fragmented, punctuation-free texts — inverted to be read most easily in a mirror — underscore the performative nature of identity in the digital age, shaped by vanity and the pursuit of social validation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eRendered using classical drawing and painting techniques honed over three decades of study in Italy and Mexico, the works hold tradition and transience in deliberate tension: the timeless against the ephemeral, the carnal against the sublime, the erotic against the grotesque.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout Gildo Medina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBorn in Mexico, Gildo Medina is a multidisciplinary artist and designer. In 2020, he was featured in Taschen’s 100 best illustrators for the 4th consecutive time, being the only Mexican artist to hold this title.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGildo works between France, Italy, Spain, and Mexico, and his artwork has been exhibited in major cities across the globe - in prestigious art fairs, museums and galleries, embassies, foundations and other cultural institutions. Since he began his career at the age of 13, he has built up an extensive academic and professional background and has been given more than 30 awards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGildo has collaborated with luxury brands, and his work rides a fine line between art and design. Clients include Chanel, Coca Cola France, Elle magazine, Ferragamo, Harper’s Bazaar Latin America, L’Oréal Paris, Louis Vuitton, and Sony Music Paris among others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gildo Medina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47696210100460,"sku":null,"price":2450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1364\/9187\/files\/A11_2_1x1_dd6bd4aa-1dbd-4aad-9d7d-9543090f8c8d.jpg?v=1780342443","url":"https:\/\/www.maison10.com\/products\/only-fit","provider":"MAISON 10","version":"1.0","type":"link"}