casa das tetas

this is clearly not a silkscreen. that was the first thing that made me say “huh??”. I don’t know why it’s being called a silkscreen here or where that came from, this post is the only place where I can find it being called that. it’s embroidery.

the penis was edited on. if you reverse image search it, you can easily find versions without a penis and it’s obvious which one is doctored.

sans penis, the original is not even by Toshio Saeki. It was kind of hard to find the original source, but after a little bit of research I was convinced that despite the similar themes and aesthetic style, Toshio Saeki wasn’t the original artist, as there are no other examples or references to him working with embroidery. Eventually I did find the original post by the artist on instagram, confirming all of my suspicions. the only missing piece now is who made the edit. So, here’s a better caption:

Renegades. San Francisco: Queer Life in the 1990s | Chloe Sherman | Hatje Cantz | 2023