INTERVIEW BY GABE SCOTT
PORTRAIT BY CLAYTON COTTERELL
VOYEUR'S VOYEUR DAN GLUIBIZZI TROLLS THE THOUSANDS of erotic sites that serve as archives for couples, strangers, nudists, swingers, amateurs, exhibitionists and other forms of provocative recreation. The Portland-based artist, obsessed with the Tumblr format of imaging vaults, has a unique approach to the digital and analog world which allows him to investigate and recontextualize a swath of NSFW material and revel in the new exhibitionism enabled by the information age. His paintings present a fetishized framework of playful and experimental sexuality, stitched together with his own appreciation for art history and background in printmaking. By detaching individuals from their original context, focus shifts to the purity of the forms themselves, rather than a recreation of the act. Without a linear narrative, these forms freely create a host of enthralling interactions. Through Photoshop, projection and watercolor, Gluibizzi gives new life, expression and purpose to his subjects, with line and form serving as vehicles for his delicious, sorbet-colored smut…