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thecatsgrin
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The little nudy man is in the Art critique thread!! 
I think your to tall Doug! 
I visited the Mapplethorpe exhibition when it was in Melbourne, as a highly impressionable high school student!!
Maybe it had an effect!
All I want to paint at the moment is ..... shameful nudity! |
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thecatsgrin
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| Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:31 pm Post subject: Re - Nude art a disgrace? |
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I just looked at the link you posted Doug!! 
What was the title... 'somewhere to sit?" |
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Dug
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| Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:28 pm Post subject: Re: Re - Nude art a disgrace? |
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| thecatsgrin wrote: | I just looked at the link you posted Doug!!
What was the title... 'somewhere to sit?" |
I cannot find a copy online and all my books are in storage but there is a wonderful mapplethorpe that was in the Australian exhibition.
It is called "the cock and the devil" and features a bronze sculpture of a devil with trident looking like a pickle fork about to stab a large mapplethorpe penis 
It was one of Margo's and my favorite images of the exhibition.
I saw the exhibition in Sydney and was just amazed at his work ( even if much of the skill belonged to the man who did the superb printing of his photos. Robert never worked in a darkroom if he could avoid it ! ) |
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thecatsgrin
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| Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:40 pm Post subject: Re - Nude art a disgrace? |
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His work was really confronting! I remember liking the images though.
At that age I was to shy to look at the nudity, maybe I was just shy of being caught looking at the nudity!
I cant remember anything like that. Maybe because we were students they didnt show us everything!
Our teacher gave us alot to look at in books, but it wasnt like seeing the real thing.
I think it was in 1990 or 91.
Someones photography I admired also was Diane Arbus, the nudist colony photos and the fat camp ones were inspiring. |
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The Pook
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| Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:02 am Post subject: Re: Re - Nude art a disgrace? |
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| Boris01 wrote: | | I'd be more worried on your spelling and grammar - focus on something you can change personally and DON'T BOTHER TRYING TO CHANGE SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ENTRENCHED IN HUMANITIES DEPICTION...fool |
uh...that would be "humanity's" I presume?? |
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Dug
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| Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:51 pm Post subject: Re: Re - Nude art a disgrace? |
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| thecatsgrin wrote: | His work was really confronting! I remember liking the images though.
At that age I was to shy to look at the nudity, maybe I was just shy of being caught looking at the nudity!
I cant remember anything like that. Maybe because we were students they didnt show us everything!
Our teacher gave us alot to look at in books, but it wasnt like seeing the real thing.
I think it was in 1990 or 91.
Someones photography I admired also was Diane Arbus, the nudist colony photos and the fat camp ones were inspiring. |
We saw some Picasso sketches at the GOMA in Brisbane there was a school group going through at the time. the sketches were pretty graphic of prostitutes, as one of the teenagers said " If I drew that in class I would get expelled!"  |
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thecatsgrin
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| Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:54 am Post subject: Re - Nude art a disgrace? |
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Our teacher would have let us draw or make anything ( she was the one who took us to Mapplethorpe) she failed me for totally different reasons!!
All these years later, I understand the fail I got ( was altered to a B+ at the external assesment) and she has become a friend!
I would love to see the Picasso stuff! |
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Fester
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| Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:55 am Post subject: Re - Nude art a disgrace? |
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Not sure why you take offence? no more offensive than dried fruit in a bowl?  |
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thecatsgrin
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| Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:00 am Post subject: Re - Nude art a disgrace? |
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Some might find a Banana and a couple of fuzzy apricots arranged symetrically quite offensive!!
The same people probably blush when they see a raw , naked chicken whole!!
Maybe they get dressed in the dark also!! |
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Stefan Maguran
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| Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 5:26 am Post subject: Re - Nude art a disgrace? |
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| I once had two wooden hemispheres on my desk and the boss called me in his office. I am still surprised of his imagination. |
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thecatsgrin
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| Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:05 am Post subject: Re - Nude art a disgrace? |
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Johncee
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[quote="petesteyn"] What struck me was most of the works depicted women in various states of undress. I think showing women naked is a disgrace to them."
Well Peter from Dubbo which is it to be? Various states of undress which you say "struck you the most" or "naked women"? |
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King Julian
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 9:23 pm Post subject: Re: Nude art a disgrace? |
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[quote="Johncee"] | petesteyn wrote: | What struck me was most of the works depicted women in various states of undress. I think showing women naked is a disgrace to them."
Well Peter from Dubbo which is it to be? Various states of undress which you say "struck you the most" or "naked women"? |
yes what's it gonna be boy, yes or no?
Let me sleep on it. I'll give you my answer in the morning |
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thecatsgrin
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 1:19 am Post subject: Re - Nude art a disgrace? |
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DISGRACEFUl indeed!!!
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