On a couch,
a naked female figure, a bronze by Bourgeois, arches her back.
In Red Figure, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 122 x 152 cm, the last work completed,
a naked female figure in strong red hues, casually seated with a strong poise, holds out her arm with a decapitated male head in the palm of her hand.
A naked female figure is seen on a Christian cross.
The exhibition brings together two large works on leaded panels of glass — two
naked female figures seated in profile, impassive, emitting shooting stars — a series of delicate aquatint etchings, large bronze wall reliefs and a suspended sculpture, the shadows of which transform the gallery into a barely perceptible dabbled glade, along with a stunning jacquard tapestry depicting two eagles in descent against a chalky sky.
Not exact matches
This mythic
figure is mostly
naked in each scene with powerful thighs, sagging breasts, and protruding stomach — the very antithesis of the ideal
female form in Western culture.
Known for her explicit male nudes that quote and subvert the art historical tradition of male gaze onto
female body, in her portraits feature artists, musicians and writers of both genders, dressed and
naked, representing a pantheon of significant cultural
figures.
In «Closer», Blanca finds himself in an embrace of found serenity — the artists
naked body interlocked by two young
female figures, allegories of eternal beauty.
Perfectly formed milky white miniature
female naked sculptures provocatively exuding flowers from between their legs, together with drawings framed in traditional Persian miniature albums, Sokhanvari's multi-legged stiletto and suspendered swastika mandalas; a Murakami-esque milk sprouting madonna and an erotic Egon Schiele
figure sandwiched incongruously between a 16th Century Persian nightingale and the monolith (from 2001: A Space Odyssey) take us on a journey from the sublime to the ridiculous.