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YOU CAN TELL A MAN BY THE WAY HE WEARS HIS HANKY -

A form of communication developed in the 1970s for gay men to signal their intentions, fetishes, desires and identity to potential sexual partners by wearing varied colour handkerchiefs. Investigating, exploring and inspired by the gay subcultures of ‘hanky codes’, TROUGH X is an exhibition of provocative images and multi-media created and produced by John Tsiavis and
Nik Dimopoulos.
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John Tsiavis’s and Nik Dimopoulos’s expressionistic photographs exploring contemporary masculinity and queer identity are coolly cerebral in their layered symbolism and controlled choreography,
and equally hot in the febrile skin sensitivity they strongly evoke. They are dynamic and bold images of queer male identity.”

Dr Christopher Chapman
Curator
National Portrait Gallery Canberra
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