Today I wanted to talk about nudity and jewelry, more specifically, jewelry
depicting a nude body or an erotic act.
Not exact matches
The duplication and repetition of the female
nude and the reclaiming of the
depicted body — as can be seen in the artist's self - portraits — deconstruct the dominant rules of authorship: Axell switches sides and trades her role as muse for that of producer.
Ana Mendieta's «Untitled (Glass on
Body Imprints)» from 1972 turns on its head the art tradition of men creating female
nudes, and lets Mendieta
depict herself, distorting her form with a pane of glass.
Pee
Body (1992), for example,
depicted a
nude female figure in wax crouched on the floor relieving herself, urine trailing behind in the form of yellow beads.
«Figures in a Landscape»
depicts two
nude bodies twisted together, formed from a seemingly violent application of paint.
Made toward the end of her life, The Young Girl (drypoint on paper and cloth with hand coloring)
depicts separated portions of a
nude girl whose branch - like hair extends wildly from her
body.
In both series, Semmel
depicts her own
nude body, shifting the perspective to a personal point of view.
Cortor was recognized for his dignified and graceful images of black women, often
depicted in the
nude, their lithe
bodies referencing the lines of African sculpture.
In stark contrast to his kinetic stage persona, Pop methodically posed
nude on a different kind of stage, whilst the participating artists — representing New York's diverse community and ranging from 19 to 70 years of age —
depicted his
body in the wide - ranging styles expected from a mix of students, practicing artists and retirees.
The most recognizable of the paintings
depict the
nude human form, an ongoing motif in the artist's greater
body of work.
The exhibition is particularly strong in portraits of mature men, many connected to horse racing; in little - known, small - scale works; in a painting and nearly identical etching of the same person, and in that triumph of Freud's art —
nudes depicting «the
body in the round».
At a Brooklyn exhibition last year, a sculpture by artist Kara Walker
depicting an African American «mammy» as a Egyptian sphinx led to graphic selfies of visitors seemingly touching various
nude body parts.