The endless flood of images intrinsic to today’s lifestyle has given unprecedented public prominence to the depiction of male nudes. At the same time seemingly firmly established categories such as »masculinity«, »body« and »nakedness« are apparently being redefined on a broad social basis, resulting in a new interpretation of male gender roles. These developments have prompted the Leopold Museum to embark on a topical as well as historical journey through the visual arts in search of the male nude, a quest leading predominantly from the longing for antiquity prevalent in art around 1800 to contemporary art.
The exhibition »Male Nudes – Power & Powerlessness Through the Ages« also represents the fulfillment of the museum’s long-cherished ambition to present a counterpart to the highly successful 2006 exhibition »Body – Face – Soul« curated by Elisabeth Leopold, which explored the female image in art from the 16th century to the present. Thus, the current presentation constitutes a continuation of this theme, except that its focus is now on the opposite sex.
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So lets see public pictures of nude women reclining like that showing their privates... Never happen. And you would never put it in an article either. Double standard, again...
posted 20th November 2012 by