
Since when did the female body – or any body for that matter – become OK to flaunt in public, on TV in commercials for lingerie, on the beach, or in a main stream women or men’s magazine; and yet NOT be ok to see in an Art Gallery or at an Art Festival?
When I put paintings in restaurants, I always make sure that there is no nudity. But the fact that I sometimes feel the need to censor my own art when hanging it in an art setting is a little ridiculous. I generally hang paintings of half draped models, or paintings where the nudity is implied. But this still isn’t enough, someone will always complain. And still others will look at a painting of a partial nude, or even of adraped model, and because she’s not wearing a turtleneck call it “disgusting.”
Nudes have been part of art for avery long time. My work isn’t porn, it’s art. Is there a sexy side tosome of it? Sure. But that doesn’t make it bad, wrong or inappropriatein an art setting? Absolutely not.
Oh yes, and just to clarify – this is an actual nude! 😉