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MaxHammondStudio

A celebration of excess, desire and queer spectacle.

These glass rhinestone sculptures transform familiar forms into objects of seduction, humour and contradiction. Their kitsch surfaces and unapologetic glamour draw on the visual language of camp—where the excessive, the artificial and the seemingly vulgar become a means of expression.

The rhinestone becomes both material and metaphor: decorative, fragile, obsessive and deliberately conspicuous. Each surface demands attention, turning the object into something to be looked at, desired and questioned.

Rooted in queer visual culture, the works embrace the tension between masculinity and decoration, intimacy and spectacle, sincerity and irony. What might appear playful or absurd becomes a vehicle for examining how queer bodies, desires and identities are made visible.

Absolutely. I’d make the blue gradient and the idea of challenging stereotypical masculinity much more central, because that gives the work a stronger conceptual reason for its appearance.

MaxHammondStudio presents “Untitled” (2025) – a contemporary sculpture and photographic work exploring masculinity, sexuality, vulnerability, and the expectations placed upon the male body.

Created in 2025, the piece continues the artist’s investigation into the body as both subject and symbol. The elongated, phallic form is deliberately recognisable as male, yet its presentation challenges conventional ideas of what masculinity should look and feel like.

The sculpture is covered entirely in individually applied rhinestones, creating a highly reflective and tactile surface. A carefully developed gradient of blues moves across the body, shifting from deep, almost black-blue tones through mid-blues and into lighter, icy turquoise and silver-blue shades. The gradual transition gives the sculpture a sense of movement and transformation, while allowing the surface to constantly change with the light.

Blue is deliberately significant. Traditionally associated with masculinity, strength, restraint, and the stereotypical idea of “boys in blue,” the colour is used here to question rather than reinforce those expectations. By covering a male form in delicate, glittering rhinestones and allowing the blue to become luminous, decorative, and vulnerable, the work presents masculinity as something more complex than strength or hardness.

The contrast between the stereotypically masculine blue and the softness, glamour, and fragility of the rhinestone surface creates a tension at the heart of the work. The male body becomes something to embellish and celebrate rather than simply objectify or idealise.

The form itself remains deliberately ambiguous. Its exaggerated proportions suggest the phallic without becoming anatomically literal, allowing the viewer to move between readings of sexuality, humour, character, and vulnerability.

Behind the sculpture, fragmented handwritten text adds a personal and emotional layer. Much of it remains obscured or difficult to decipher, suggesting thoughts, memories, or an internal dialogue without providing a fixed explanation.

The work ultimately questions what it means to present a male body. Can masculinity be glittering, delicate, decorative, vulnerable, and sexually ambiguous while still remaining masculine? Rather than rejecting masculinity, the sculpture expands its possibilities.

As with all works from MaxHammondStudio, the piece is rooted in personal narrative while engaging with broader ideas surrounding the body, sexuality, identity, perception, and the gaze.

Each work is unique and developed through an intuitive process, reflecting an evolving practice that continues to question form, meaning, and perception.

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Details

• Original, one-of-a-kind artwork
• Hand-sculpted male form
• Individually embellished with rhinestones/crystals
• Graduated shades of blue, from deep blue to icy turquoise and silver
• Photographic documentation
• Exploration of masculinity, sexuality, and vulnerability
• Deliberately phallic and biomorphic form
• Challenges stereotypical representations of the male body
• Reflective, tactile surface
• Handwritten text incorporated into the composition
• Contemporary, conceptual work
• Signed and authenticated

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