OK, with that explanation, it makes much more sense. It's quite intriguing. Actually, if I'd thought about it further, and it hadn't been so late at night, I may have actually figured it out. I actually think it's pretty successful, although I question the idea of homosexuality at the age that the images evoke. But maybe that's the whole point, I suppose, that it's latent in there?

I can also see a lot of opportunities to play with relative sizes of the two sides, the images on them, etc., to explore various facets of male homosexuality, or to expand further into a series covering an assortment of "deviant" sexual behaviors including both genders and various ages and combinations. For example, you've already got one side a little bit larger than the other. One possibility would be to make it *noticeably* larger, and maybe use an image of a more adult toy, say, a fancy car, and you'd be going down the path of NAMBLA. Controversial to say the least, but it could be interesting.

The black and white stripes bring to mind prison uniforms, which speaks further about the kind of rigid gender expectations we have, being in the closet, etc., and could take on even more sinister connotations with the adult/child idea, being a much more literal interpretation of what could result. Was that association intentional?

There's also something very intriguing about the way you've chosen to display the piece, the way the hangers are bent up and imperfect, and facing the same direction. I like it a lot.

The other pieces are pretty, but this one makes you think, and makes contact on a gut level, even without there being a title. That's something I always like to see in art. Sometimes titles get in the way of really seeing and experiencing a piece, don't you think?

OTOH, now that you've told me what the main image is, it takes on a whole new level of interest, and I'm dying to see a translation.

Wendy