Summer Morning (1932) by Konstantin Somov Gay_bikers " a celebration of bold

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Inspired by the queer community and his experience as a gay man

This minimalist art print features graceful figures in striking pink hues

Informed by Gold’s own experience with vision impairment

“Looking” celebrates the beauty of form

Summer Morning (1932) by Konstantin Somov Gay_bikers " a celebration of boldKonstantin Somovs Summer Morning (1932) turns the dressing table into a private little stage. Signed in Paris and made in pencil, watercolour and gouache, it shows a nude woman reflected in an oval mirror, flowers, perfume bottles and a lapdog gathering around her like props. The sitter is not securely identified. Somov, a Russian Mir iskusstva artist, loved Rococo artifice, erotic atmosphere and the drama of being seen. Here, queerness sits in the