Charles Farigola - No reserve

*Title:* LGBT Tribute to Bob Mizer – Cowboys
**Artist:** Charles Farigola
**Technique:** Mixed media on canvas
**Year:** 2016 (signed and dated bottom right)

Vibrant work by the artist Charles Farigola that pays an **LGBT homage** to the legendary photographer Bob Mizer, an undisputed reference in masculine photography and gay beefcake culture.

The composition features two masculine figures with strong expressive force, dressed in the cowboy aesthetic. The left figure wears a **large yellow cowboy hat** that dominates the composition, creating a powerful contrast with the intense red background speckled with whites and blacks. Both figures look at each other with complicity, conveying sensuality, masculinity, and queer pride. The bodies are rendered with an energetic stroke and rich textures typical of mixed media, with impasto and overlays that give great volume and vitality to the piece.

Farigola reinterprets the classic cowboy iconography — so present in Bob Mizer’s homoerotic imagination — with a contemporary, colorful, and bold language. The dominant red, the splashes, and the expressiveness of the faces and bodies turn this work into a celebration of gay masculinity and queer Western culture.

**Highlighted work** for its powerful chromatics, symbolic charge, and direct connection to LGBT visual history. A highly attractive piece for collectors of contemporary figurative art, queer art, and masculine-themed works.

**Signature:** Signed “Charles Farigola” at the bottom right.

**Authenticity and Shipping:**

The work is offered directly by Charles Farigola, guaranteeing its authenticity with a certificate signed by the artist himself. The painting will be carefully rolled and protected inside a sturdy cardboard tube for shipping. After payment confirmation, a period of three days is required to prepare the piece and ship it. Delivery time will depend on destination, with a maximum of up to ten business days.