Sentences with phrase «male nude photographs»

Since the Mapplethorpe scandal in 1989 (his male nude photographs caused such a furore that rightwing politicians voted to ban government funding for «obscene or indecent» art), galleries can't afford to take any risks.

Not exact matches

Often and traditionally portrayed as nudes, the female body in photographs stands in stark contrast to the portrayal of men — often the ones taking the portraits — famous male photographers such a Weston, Steiglitz, Man Ray, etc, who commonly employed «the male gaze» approach.

During the early 1980s, his photographs shifted to emphasize classical formal beauty, concentrating on statuesque male and female nudes, flowers, still lifes, and formal portraits.

He shot male and female nudes that evoked the essence of classic statuary, his photographs of flowers perfectly captured their delicate nature, and his portraits of New York celebrities like Patti Smith and Deborah Harry had a haunting, soulful quality.

During the 80s, Mapplethorpe produced a series of photographs that simultaneously challenge and adhere to classical aesthetic standards: stylized compositions of male and female nudes, delicate flower still lifes, and studio portraits of artists and celebrities.

In the performance, a nude male actor, Mehdi Berkouki (who goes by the stage name Monico Chiquito), will move through the galleries of the biennial in a psychoactively dissociated state and obsessively post photographs of himself to various social media, including Vine and Instagram.

Subverting this familiar image, Yinka has replaced the female nude by a photograph of a well - endowed male.

Intended by the artist as both a «playful piece» as well as a serious comment on male patriarchy, within this beautifully constructed kaleidoscope Shonibare has subverted the familiar image of Botticelli's THE BIRTH OF VENUS by replacing the female nude with a photograph of a well - endowed naked male.

Looking at his photographs of nude men, even of a naked baby boy, is the closest I ever came to experience what it is to inhabit male flesh.

In the same way, Robert Mapplethorpe's pristine black and white photograph of a male nude is equally attentive to the formal qualities of the figure as well as to the erotic nature of the imagery.

In the large photograph unscharfer Rückenakt (Out - of - Focus Nude Back), 1994, the slightly blurred contours of the naked male body possess a painterly quality reminiscent of Gerhard Richter's works; it is only at second glance that a vulnerability evoking life at the margins of conventional society becomes evident in this image of a kneeling man with dirty feet, who is seen from above and contained in a narrow pictorial space.

The artistic and technical value of his photographs, together with the novelty of the male nude, gives him a great reputation all over Europe.

Temptation of «One Dark Body» is a work that demanded bravery from artist and subjects alike; Wilson had never photographed male nudes and his subjects had never been photographed naked.

His naturalistic photographs capture friends, male nudes, and life in the studio.

FROM OUR BLOG / Nasher Museum student intern Dwayna Clark writes «What should one think about a photograph of two black males, wearing makeup and jewelry, fully nude, and sharing an intimate kiss?