Venus Poster by Lucas Cranach the Elder: Nude Venus poster banned on Tube: A 16th Century painting of Venus featuring the Roman goddess of love wearing little but a smile has been deemed too risque for the eyes of London’s Tube travellers. London Underground bosses have banned a poster of the 1532 work by German…
Untitled by MF Husain Q&A: ‘The erotic has never been denied in Hindu tradition’-Editorial-Opinion-The Times of India: Husain is not anti-Hindu. On the contrary, he is one of the few who constantly engages with Hindu mythology with bold imagination and creativity. Hindu deities have been depicted in the nude and semi-nude since at least the…
The Bush Library in America commissioned Jonathan Yeo (British portraitist, very establishment, surprisingly impish face) to do George Junior, then backed out. In umbrage, Yeo then did the portrait anyway, fashioning the face of the Potus from a collage of porn mags.Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog – art: Yeo’s portrait of Bush has no meaning:This portrait is actually stunning, seen from afar it is new and edgy while maintaining excellent likeness and emotion.
Susan Loehn said her office had not received any complaints about the nudity and she did not anticipate prosecuting DeVries any time soon.“I love that it’s in such a public place,” she said.Geis said she considered the possible outcry before she arranged the exhibit and consulted the Northampton Arts Commission, a city board with appointed members…. Camner, a graduate student at Princeton University, called the exhibit intriguing.“It’s a very beautiful portrayal of human forms,” she said.Her parents, Sharon and Robert Camner, said they don’t have much public art in Tacoma, Wash., where they reside. They didn’t think the nudity in the exhibit was off-putting.Nude statues taken in stride- MassLive.com:It’s so easy to focus on all of the restrictions about nudes, the controversies and the censorship.
This echoes an age-old conundrum from the world of art. Can you value work produced by someone whose private life and acts you find appalling?
He knows that he is an unlikely champion for the size-acceptance movement; body image is a topic he never really thought about before. But for the last eight years, Mr. Nimoy, who is 76 and an established photographer, has been snapping pictures of plus-size women in all their naked glory…. Michelson Galleries in Northampton, Mass., through June; a larger show at the gallery is scheduled to coincide with the November publication of his book on the subject, “The Full Body Project,” from Five Ties Publishing.
Ms. Carey sent one of her letters to the director of the Queens Museumof Art, Tom Finkelpearl, who also used to run the City’s Percent for Art program, which supports public art. In an interview, Mr. Finkelpearl said that, while he does consider the statue’s imagery sexist, he thinks there’s nothing wrong with artworks stirring debate…. I think it’s great; that’s people responding to public art.“But as for spending public money to restore the statue, he said, that’s another matter…. ”I think it’s kind of perfect the way it is.“‘Fat Boy’ Vs. Feminists – July 20, 2007 – The New York Sun:This is an interesting debate that, for once, does not stem from the fact that the subjects are nude.
Well, I’m not able to attend the Small Works opening, apparently when the website said Ground Floor in their floor plans they meant 3rd floor, up some rather difficult stairs.
Some of my paintings will be featured in Brunswick St Gallery’s latest show Small Paintings.
“Campaign to Rescue Women of Youth” featuring “The Paris Hilton Autopsy” offers a cadaveric nude Paris Hilton, laid out with twisted body and opened abdominal cavity on a coroner’s table, while her cell phone remains in her grip. The ‘unglamorous’ display which includes support material from anti-drunk driving organizations counters“the disturbingly glamorized trend of Hollywood’s ‘girls gone wild’,” according to gallery director, David Kesting.Paris Hilton, arrested for a DUI last year, previously released a marginally effective PSA concerning drunk driving. This latest PSA includes a website by Capla Kesting, which offers high school educators an icebreaker for discussing drunk driving’s consequences.
Jennie's Palette 