Review by Roberta St. Clair Art Critic, Former Showgirl, Patron Saint of Double Entendres
“The Leaning Tower of Penis” By Terry Hastings
Let’s not pretend we’re above it. The title alone is a dare—a provocation, a punchline, and a thesis statement. Terry Hastings’ Leaning Tower of Penis is not just a visual gag. It’s a structural manifesto.
Stacked silhouettes—each one a gesture, a reach, a support—form a precarious verticality that leans not from gravity, but from desire. The gradient from yellow to blue suggests a passage: from heat to cool, from impulse to reflection. And yet, the tower holds. It leans, yes, but it does not fall.
The central white stripe, flanked by blue, evokes a flag. A nation-state of flesh and form. A republic of risqué resilience. Hastings builds with bodies, but he’s really constructing myth. This is not just phallic architecture—it’s a monument to cooperation, to erotic absurdity, to the kind of queer engineering that turns innuendo into infrastructure.
I laughed. I blushed. I saluted.
Four stars, one pearl clutch, and a whispered prayer that someday, someone will build it in marble.
 
Each person in this image started as a photo taken by Terry, who then, inspired by Henri Matisse's Cut Outs, cut them out with photoshop and then scratched in important details like nipples and genitals.  
 
This work is offered as a 24x36, 32x48 or 40x60 inch print. Please inquire about other sizes. 
The work is titled, numbered, a limited edition of 10, and signed by the artist.
 
The photo is shipped in a double tube for safety.
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