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Jozef Szekeres

Written by Sam Balzac

Mardi Gras poster artist Jozef Szekeres has been keeping art collectors happy with his first ever collection of his artwork in print. The Art of Jozef Szekeres: Mermaids & Other Mermers is a 100-piece card set of his artwork ranging from unpublished

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"Fired from my job with a leading poker machine company for being gay, I took the company to court for unfair dismissal on the grounds of homophobic vilification, we settled out of court with my acceptance of reproduction rights to the artwork I had created for the company in my 5 years of employment,” he says. “Before, I had be frightened to express my sexuality through my artwork for fear of reprisals on my art career, but this experience showed me homophobia is out there no matter what I create. I decided it was time to explore myself artistically no matter the consequences."

 

Jozef is currently creating a new collection of 12 paintings for the Leslie/Lohman gay gallery in New York and co-creating a new graphic novel with Julie Ditrich. Jozefs' work is currently being exhibited at TAP Gallery, 278 Palmer St, Darlinghurst. The card set is available online at www.blackmermaid.com

 

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