Brosfate Art 5 - Enslavements

Brosfate - Slave Market

The marketing of slaves is usually portrayed as a Middle Eastern vice but this array of captives for sale seem to have been put up for auction by a pirate. There's a curious blending of historical imagery in this standalone piece with ancient columns and modern planters adding a surreal touch to a medieval market place. 

BrosFate almost veers towards political comment with the range of goods on offer, but there's something for everyone. That serves to make the prize specimen gracing the rostrum at this point stand out as exceptional. The tattered state of his pouch contrasts with those of his fellow captives, almost as if his captors have been fighting over him. He won't thank the auctioneer for pointing it out. The teasing pointer is liable to make the worn material rip from internal pressure and the bidders are already excited enough about him. 

Brosfate - Simon Captured

There's a medieval slant on this image too with Conquistadores carrying off a group of locals as captives. They are dragged away having been stripped of their clothes as well as their weapons. For Simon, their celebrated leader this is like a terrible nightmare. Everyone has the same rank in a loincloth, aristocrats and commoners alike, enslaved together, they all become equals.

Brosfate - Weak Point 1

A character named Simon is also the star of 'Weak Point', an interesting new story from Brosfate's fertile imagination. Simon is described as a boxer and you can see from his exotic clothing that it's one the modern, media-savvy offshoots of the ancient sport of kings. He revels in the razzmatazz, but what matters is that he's a top fighter. Like Simon the King, he has the world at his feet.

Brosfate - Weak Point 2

He's also a ladies man who plays the field when the fight is over,

 but don't turn off yet, there's a twist in this tale.

This image is tantalisingly sexy with an invisible magnetism that it seems will irresistibly draw that wandering hand downwards. Bizarrely this seems to work better with a woman as supplicant than it would with a man, whom we wouldn't expect to have any inhibitions about exploring down below.

Brosfate - Weak Point 3

This romantic romp is interrupted by a text message. An unknown caller is summoning Simon to a hotel room and the photographs attached to the message convince him that he has to obey. It's graphic evidence of him taking drugs and making other indiscretions.

Notice the strange container behind him. It could almost be a stool, were it not for the curious knob on the lid. 

Brosfate - Weak Point 4

At the Hotel, Simon immediately confronts his accuser, a half-remembered acquaintance from earlier days before he was famous. He soon learns that the violence that has put him on top of the world and earned great riches will not solve this problem. He demands to know the price of silence.

Brosfate - Weak Point 5

It's almost a relief when he's told to undress to be photographed. 

"If it's sex you want, why didn't you just say so, queer boy" he scoffs contemptuously.

But this is just the beginning of his ordeal.

Brosfate - Weak Point 6

In the weeks that follow he has to consent to physical torments.

Brosfate - Weak Point 7

His self-appointed master parades him in front of his friends

Brosfate - Weak Point 8

Brosfate - Weak Point 9