Arena, Mike Mentzer — After Hours Art Editions, 2026 (reconstructed from original club ephemera, c. 1980s)
Archival pigment print
Edition of 25 per size
Printed on Hahnemühle paper
Original artwork source material reconstructed by After Hours Art Editions. Artwork © After Hours Art Editions.
A bold fragment of underground gay nightlife culture, Arena, Mike Mentzer captures the raw visual language of late-20th-century club ephemera — saturated color, heroic anatomy, and graphic typography converging into a statement of desire and identity. Originally circulated as promotional material within San Francisco’s leather and bodybuilding scenes, the image reflects a moment when erotic imagery, athletic idealism, and queer community intersected in print culture. This edition has been carefully reconstructed from surviving source material, color-balanced, and printed to preserve the punchy contrast and halftone texture of the original artifact.
After Hours Art Editions publishes limited-edition prints for collectors drawn to mood, intimacy, and the charged space between art and desire.
Arena, Mike Mentzer — After Hours Art Editions, 2026 (reconstructed from original club ephemera, c. 1980s)
Archival pigment print
Edition of 25 per size
Printed on Hahnemühle paper
Original artwork source material reconstructed by After Hours Art Editions. Artwork © After Hours Art Editions.
A bold fragment of underground gay nightlife culture, Arena, Mike Mentzer captures the raw visual language of late-20th-century club ephemera — saturated color, heroic anatomy, and graphic typography converging into a statement of desire and identity. Originally circulated as promotional material within San Francisco’s leather and bodybuilding scenes, the image reflects a moment when erotic imagery, athletic idealism, and queer community intersected in print culture. This edition has been carefully reconstructed from surviving source material, color-balanced, and printed to preserve the punchy contrast and halftone texture of the original artifact.
After Hours Art Editions publishes limited-edition prints for collectors drawn to mood, intimacy, and the charged space between art and desire.
Each print is produced using museum-grade pigment inks on archival cotton paper, then hand-numbered and signed by the studio.
• Paper: 100% cotton rag, matte finish
• Printing: Archival pigment giclée
• Edition: 25 total, hand-numbered
• Certificate of authenticity included
• Ships unframed
