#hal fischer

Yesterday at MoMA with Hal Fischer.

Hal Fischer, 1978, via Harper's Books

Hal Fischer, “Signifiers for a Male Response,” 1977

pages from my second sketchbook from my current series of little black books

“Fischer’s 1977 series Gay Semiotics, brought these theories to bear on gay culture in San Francisco’s Castro and Haight-Ashbury districts. A ‘lexicon of attraction,’ as the artist has called it, this work classifies styles and types while acknowledging their ambiguity. For instance, images of men with handkerchiefs in their pockets feature text that explains the possible meanings of these items according to the ‘hanky codes’ that gay men used to convey sexual preferences, but which also points out that the men could be carrying them for blowing their noses. Other images in the series consider gay fashion, media stereotypes, and BDSM culture.”

Street Fashion, Hippy, Photo by Hal Fischer, 1977

another thing for university, based off of hal fischer’s ‘gay semiotics’ series. painted in photoshop, and used illustrator for the type.