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| Nickie - Demo |
Whilst researching Robby Cop for the last post, I stumbled across Nickie Charles' Twitter feed and this terrific 'medical' image which alludes to a fetish I've never attempted to feature here for obvious reasons. I would normally put this scenario in the humiliation bracket but Nickie's subject proudly owns his inclinations and it all seems perfectly normal to everyone else (well nearly everyone!). I love how the 'professor' is pausing to explain a delicate nuance of the procedure.
Whatever you think of the subject matter you have to admire Nickie's technique and his ability to depict attractive men, who are not excessively idealised. Not to mention his gentle erotic humour which is immensely warming.
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| Nickie - Doctor's Orders |
Those qualities are also evident in this drawing, the seated patient is a marvellously believable chunky hunk. Despite the humour there's a strong sense of the Doctor's power in his stance and his patient's respectful submission to it, or is he just mesmerised?
The face peeping round the curtain might be his partner or a passing medical worker wondering what's going on. Like the cartoon face in the crowd above, the secret voyeur is a very typical 'defusing' technique in modern, oriental, erotic art. The "Aw Missus!", Frankie Howerd school of humour - pretending to be shocked of behalf of the audience. You can spot similar examples in the work of Tom Of Finland (faces looking over the fence), Harry Bush (embarrassed noises off stage) and Etienne (disembodied hands reaching in from the side). It seems to have fallen out of fashion in the West.
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| Nickie - Class Volunteer |
There's no disguising the embarrassment here but Nickie's horrified 'volunteer' hides it better than the man in the audience. The fact that he is still half clothed, obediently holding up his tee-shirt as instructed, gives a sense that this has happened quite suddenly, out of the blue. The bands round his wrists are suggestive of bondage, but maybe it's just a fashion touch or part of the 'experiment'.
The confident mature men who take charge of proceedings in the these images are exploiting their position if the truth be told and that's apparent here, but we all enjoy watching the victim squirm. Most Rugby Players (and this chap looks like he could be one) would take this in their stride and without offence. The lady on the left, I suspect not.
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A more innocuous Nickie image previously published at mitchmen: - Jogging in the Rain
(10 years ago, it hardly seems possible!)
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but it looks like it may have been sanitised since I was there, try also....