An Exhibition of 24 Paintings
By I am a-g
“If this is masculine, then what is feminine?”

What does it mean to be masculine? What do we see—and fail to see—when we label an image, a gesture, a posture, or a presence as “masculine”?

In Masculino, eight paintings challenge and stretch the limits of what masculinity looks and feels like. With expressive lines, softened contours, and emotionally resonant colors, this series invites viewers to confront their assumptions.

Some figures assert confidence with a gentle gaze or a vulnerable expression. Others—like the blue-haired figure in Blue Boy or the tender embrace in Kiss, Nyhavn—play with the contrast between strength and sensitivity, presence and intimacy. Each piece raises the question: Is this masculine?

But the exhibition does not answer. Instead, it asks. It invites reflection, dialogue, and uncertainty. If this is masculine, then what becomes of the feminine? Are the two truly separate—or are they intertwined, shifting, porous?

In a time when identities are increasingly fluid and nuanced, Masculino becomes a mirror, showing both the expected and the unexpected. The paintings disrupt binary thinking, leaving space for reinterpretation, contradiction, and redefinition.

Let this be an open exploration—not just of masculinity, but of humanity.

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Here is a sneak peek of the exhibition:

1. Blue Boy

Mixed media on paper
59.4 × 84 cm
2024

With electric blue hair and a half-smile, the subject of Blue Boy radiates a quiet, playful confidence. His open shirt and relaxed pose evoke classical male portraiture, yet there’s a softness here—something uncertain, even tender. Set against a grid-like, metallic background, he seems both part of the system and subtly resistant to it. Is he performing masculinity, or rewriting it? The ambiguity is the point.

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2. Kiss, Nyhavn

Mixed media on paper
30 × 40 cm
2024

A kiss frozen in time. In front of Copenhagen’s colorful Nyhavn buildings, two figures lean into intimacy. The man’s dark features and blue suit contrast with the woman’s golden hair and sunlit tones—but gender roles are blurred in the abstraction. Their faces, just touching, form a singular shape. Masculine and feminine dissolve into each other here, asking whether love can be a more honest mirror of identity than any label.

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3. Close Kiss

Mixed media on paper
30 × 40 cm
2024

In this intimate close-up, two mouths meet in a soft, dreamlike kiss. The simplified lines and blush of color capture vulnerability in its purest form. The traditionally masculine is reduced to touch—unarmored, emotional, and unguarded. The eyelashes, curved cheeks, and smudges of pigment suggest tenderness rather than assertion. Here, masculinity is not a pose, but a moment of yielding.

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4. Masculino

5. Mas

6. Vamos

7. Mucho

Bio

I am a-g is a Stavanger-born painter, illustrator, and creative producer based in Copenhagen and Madrid. With a background in media, marketing, and economics, she made a bold career shift in 2012 to pursue creativity full-time.

Her work spans emotional portraiture, intimate scenes, and conceptual explorations of identity, often inspired by digital life and her second home, Madrid. In 2023, she fully embraced painting as her main medium.

Recent exhibitions include the Royal Danish Library, Byens Hus Gentofte, Galleri 68, and Personverndagene, Trondheim.