![]() ![]() It is no wonder then that one of the shots became the cover of Mark's 2011 edition of his Caliboyz calendar. Kairon John is an electric model and Mark shooting him naked, on a motorcycle, with the editing, the poses, is a dangerous, but beautifully safe, overdose of stimulation. In the case of photographer Mark Bower the image was that of actor and model Kairon John and the factor was excitement and maybe just a little bit of danger. It is usually one factor and one photo that draws me to want to see more of their work. I would guess when many see a great shot of a model they google the model, with me, I hunt down who took it. I have seen so so looking men be elevated to greatness in a the hands of a skilled artist and incredible looking guys butchered to blandness in the hands of a bad photographer. Yes, I know that great looking guys are a core reason many (ok most) people come to FH but the net is full of hot naked men. I can tell you what it is not, and that is hot men. Of course the reasons are different for each image, each shoot. That's perhaps why Sylvia Sleigh's works are sometimes seen as shocking – even today.When I was compiling the list of artists yesterday who have shared their work with FH, I was thinking about why some photographers work speaks to me more than others. Student works by women on Art UK through the twentieth century show that even when they painted from life, the male models were often modestly covered. However, having a woman artist creating a male nude has been something of a rarity, especially depicting any hint of genitalia. There are also works with clear homoerotic undertones in many male artists' works, from Michelangelo to Henry Scott Tuke. ![]() Male nudity in art had long been accepted as heroic and is found all the way back to ancient Greece. Perhaps some kind of brief would have been useful. However, the trustees of the School did not appreciate the display of male genitalia and would not allow it to be placed above the School's entrance unless Kennington added a loincloth.Īs one would hope from an artist with integrity, he refused to censor or change his vision and so the work was placed above the entrance of the library where it remains today. ![]() Kelly was one of the foremost portrait artists of his time, and yet even his standing could not prevent a public backlash when this painting went on display in Newport Museum and Art Gallery in 1947.Įric Henri Kennington (1888–1960) London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineĪs you can see, the panel depicts a mother and child being protected from a fanged serpent by a nude, bearded, knife-wielding father. The next nude on our list is by the firmly establishment figure of Sir Gerald Festus Kelly. But here's a quick look at some of the other works in the UK that have a salacious or saucy history. There are private works not originally intended to be shown to the public, such as Goya's La Maya desnuda (The Naked Maja) and Courbet's L'Origine du monde (The Origin of the World) – both are now in major museums (the Prado and Musee D'Orsay respectively). There are famous examples that caused a stir in public such as Manet's Olympia and the 1917 exhibition of Modigliani's works that was closed, supposedly due to the depiction of pubic hair. Artistic nudes have had a complicated history, tied up with the male gaze, the public perception of what was 'decent' at different times in history, religion, and plenty of other factors. Surely the Preston nude can't be the only one that caused some controversy at the time. There is no specific reaction recorded to this particular painting, but it set me wondering if this had been a common occurrence in galleries throughout the land. George Spencer Watson (1869–1934) Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
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