LARGO, FLORIDA.- The Gulf Coast Museum of Art presents the exhibit “Will Boys Be Boys? Questioning Adolescent Masculinity in Contemporary Art” on view until July 2, 2006. Bringing together the works of nineteen nationally recognized artists, Will Boys be Boys? examines the nature of adolescent masculinity in art from the past 5 years, including paintings, photographs, and sculptures to installation pieces and video works. The artists explore the notion of the adolescent male, as a socially determined type, in terms of his physical appearance-clothing, hairstyle, and accessories-as well as his pastimes and behaviors. Aware of post-feminist ideas about the complex fluidity of gender and identity, these artists treat the subject with deliberate ambiguity, manifested as a mixture of celebration, critique, imitation, and desire. Male adolescence is seen as a multivalent condition: sometimes androgynous, even feminine in some respects; both arrogant and vulnerable; alternating at times between threatening menace and exuberant innocence. Artists included in the show are: Slater Bradley, Larry Clark, Greg Fiering & Matt Luem, Lilah Freedland, Tim Gardner, Luis Gispert, Anthony Goicolea, Janine Gordon, Ryan Humphrey, Nikki S.Lee, Julia Loktev, Maria Marshall, Ryan McGinness, Chloe Piene, Jeff Reed, Tom Sachs, Dean Sameshima, Collier Schorr and Type A (Adam Ames & Andrew Bordwin).