Great Ass at The Met

Name: Great Ass at The Met
Brand: Karl Haendel
Price: 40.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Condition: New

$40.00

$40.00 $0.00

Great Ass at The Met reproduces the complete series of drawings Karl Haendel made after a visit to the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, iPhone in hand, looking for the best male asses of antiquity. The New York born artist, known for his practice of expanding the language of contemporary drawing, made the pencil on paper works from the photos he took on his Met cruise, after recognizing that they looked a lot like, well, butt pics–the lingua franca of contemporary nudes. The book includes a cheeky (but scholarly) essay by art historian Andy Campell, that explores relationships between classical statuary, homosocial encounters, modern bodybuilding culture, contemporary masculinity, and butt selfies (aka, belfies), as well as what is believed to be a first for an art monograph, a section devoted to glute work-out tips, penned by NUNZI, a personal trainer and butt influencer, known online by millions for his luscious peach.

Artist: Karl Haendel
Publisher: Triangle Books
48 pages
2025
312mm × 230mm
Hardcover

About Karl Haendel

Karl Haendel (born 1976, New York) is a Los Angeles-based artist known for large-scale, labour-intensive pencil and ink drawings of appropriated images. Great Ass at The Met (Triangle Books, 2025) began with a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, iPhone in hand, in search of the finest male behinds of antiquity, later rendered as drawings. It includes a text by art historian Andy Campbell and a workout from fitness personality NUNZI.

See all Karl Haendel products