Nude of the Week

Sketchbook Library – Floor pose Render Daz Studio Still not quite satisfied with the lighting in this piece. the pose is perfect and the hair works perfectly but the lighting just still seems not right to me.

Nude of the Week – Flaunt

Drop by and take a look at it and the other outstanding nudes of the month . (your vote wouldn’t hurt either ;))thankyou to the Curator Beth DeTal of Rogue Space|Chelsea and to Barebrush. oh and Flaunt is available for sale on DIscovered Artists /blatant plug

Hitler nudes up for auction

I like to give the freedom to the viewer to imagine a face, or not, as they will. many tell me that they see themselves or people the know in my works- if I were to make them full portraits it wouldn’t work that way. it’s like how some authors don’t fully describe their characters to allow room for the reader to form their own associations.

Understanding the Nude in Art

To understand the significance of nudity in art, we need to travel back in time when sculptures were the most prominent art form. Sculptures were created to depict various important aspects of social life, especially religion and government. These sculptures formed an integral part of society and adorned temples, court houses, palaces, gardens and other…

Century Project nudes under fire again

Cathy 32 by Frank Cordelle They are not images any of us are used to seeing: women of all ages naked, even young girls. It’s part of The Century Project by photographer Frank Cordelle, who said its purpose was to show what girls and women are really like spanning a hundred years and also address…

India’s loss, Qatar’s Gain – M.F Husain to receive Qatar nationality

It is wonderful that an artist like Husain, who has been so vilified by his home country, has found acceptance and a new life for himself. the First Lady of Qatar has commissioned a series on the history of the Arab Civilization, which Husain is working on in conjunction with a series on the history of the Indian civilization- should make for some interesting works that will, no doubt, enrage extremists in India further. such a shame.

self defeating nude censorship

if the aim is to sweep the piece under the rug then rely on the judgement of the patrons. they don’t have to look, they don’t have to attend and they will almost certainly not care either way. however, when a piece is censored, the artist receives publicity, the work receives publicity and the organizers receive flack. would this piece receive publicity if it were just involved in the exhibition?