This vibrant original acrylic on canvas, The Royal Touch, depicts a Roman Caesar embracing his soldier, merging queer eroticism with historical grandeur through a fusion of classical art, pop art, and street graffiti.
Inspired in part by historical accounts and enduring rumors surrounding Julius Caesar’s alleged intimacy with King Nicomedes of Bithynia, the work explores how power, masculinity, and desire have long existed in tension within classical narratives. These stories, often dismissed as political slander or erased from formal history, reveal the fragility of reputation and the quiet persistence of queer intimacy beneath imperial authority.
By reimagining Caesar not as an untouchable symbol of dominance but as a figure capable of tenderness and connection, the piece reframes history through a contemporary queer lens. The embrace becomes both personal and political, suggesting that intimacy has always existed within these narratives, even when denied, distorted, or weaponized.
Original 36 (L) x 48 (H) x 0.75 (W) " acrylic on medium weight traditional stretched canvas / wood frame, triple acrylic primed.
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Price: $3000 CAD
CANVAS ONLY (ARTWORK IS NOT FRAMED)
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