By Greg Overzat

The warm air from the second floor loft space is the first thing slamming into you. The high ceilings, stripped down studio, and plethora of eye candy definitely make an impression, but the art draws you in, intrigues you, and makes you wonder who the fuck can come up with this?

The Skeletor Saves exhibit benefiting the Ali Forney Center turned out to be an exceptional event featuring artwork from around the globe all inspired by the popular 1980s homoerotic children’s cartoon He-Man. No one can deny He-Man exuded an air of metrosexuality and male yearning and he was completely blown out of the closet almost 30 years later thanks to some gifted and inspiring artists.

Schwarzrosagold’s “Transformation” was a show stopper that caught the attention of many of the hot and bothered men in the room. One commented, “this is the reason I want it,” while fondling the photograph’s fragmented nipple behind glass. If that’s all it takes, he’s in the right place. Schwarzrosagold delivered and I was proud to be there in support.

Even aspiring drag royalty sauntered about the room towering over the men who checked out her puckered ass neatly perked in a brown skirt and sky high boots. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” star and Tyra Banks’ drag doppelganger Raja owned the room and charmed the men in her path, but nothing could distract from the amazing work on display or the cause. Try as she might, Raja was more incidental scenery than purposeful art.

Next Magazine was a presence by the entrance, but they mistakenly credited “Transformation” to an artist named Rosa Gold which sounds like it could possibly the personification of an old Jewish grandmother, but this piece can only be attributed to someone decidedly German. Its austere highlights and fractures epitomize the psyche of a man broken in perpetual conflict. I don’t know if Rosa Gold could imagine that.

We say thanks to the author: Greg Overzat