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    This document discusses representations of the nude body through history and in contemporary art and media. It begins with examples from the 19th century of Africans being photographed and exoticized. It then shows images from fashion magazines and artworks that push boundaries in their depictions of nudity. The document lists several contemporary artists who challenge notions of how the body is represented and objectified. It concludes by assigning students the task of making a portrait of their partner that reveals something revealing about them, to be respectfully interpreted.

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    This document discusses representations of the nude body through history and in contemporary art and media. It begins with examples from the 19th century of Africans being photographed and exoticized. It then shows images from fashion magazines and artworks that push boundaries in their depictions of nudity. The document lists several contemporary artists who challenge notions of how the body is represented and objectified. It concludes by assigning students the task of making a portrait of their partner that reveals something revealing about them, to be respectfully interpreted.

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    Nude and Naked: Questioning Power and Challenging Representation #Picbod

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    Nude

     and  Naked
    Questioning  Power  and  Challenging  Representation   #PicBod

    This  Presentation  contains  images  


    of  both   naked  women  and  men
    Hottentot  Venus   (Sara  Bartman)  Most  famous   KELIWA,  a  Woman   of  the  Ta-­‐keda Tribe,  Andaman  
    example  of  African  sexuality  in  the  19th century.   Islands  approx.  1905  – photographed   for  the  purpose  
    Simultaneously   aroused  fear  and  desire. of  documenting   both   race  and  biological   research
    Vogue   Homme International  
    Spring/Summer   2013  
    Is  it  Vogue  or  Playboy?  Male  model  
    reveals  pubic  hair  on  cover  of  fashion   bible  – and  strips  
    entirely  naked  inside   in  'fashion'   shoot
    Mail  online   -­‐ April  2013

    Vogue   Homme International  


    Spring/Summer   2013  
    Mary  Douglas  (1966)  Purity  and  Danger,  An  Analysis  of  the  concepts  of  
    Pollution  and  Taboo.  RKP  publishing  &  (1970)  Natural  Symbols:  
    Exploration  of  Cosmology.  The  Cresset  Press.
    Mary  Douglas  (1966)  Purity  and  Danger,  An  Analysis  of  the  concepts  of  
    Pollution  and  Taboo.  RKP  publishing  &  (1970)  Natural  Symbols:  
    Exploration  of  Cosmology.  The  Cresset  Press.

    Pierre  Bourdieu  (1984)  Distinction:  A  social  Critique  of  the  Judgement


    of  Taste.  Routledge.
    Mary  Douglas  (1966)  Purity  and  Danger,  An  Analysis  of  the  concepts  of  
    Pollution  and  Taboo.  RKP  publishing  &  (1970)  Natural  Symbols:  
    Exploration  of  Cosmology.  The  Cresset  Press.

    Pierre  Bourdieu  (1984)  Distinction:  A  social  Critique  of  the  Judgement of  


    Taste.  Routledge.

    John  Berger  (1972)  Ways  of  Seeing.  Penguin  Books.


    “To  be  naked  is  to  be  oneself,  to  be  nude  is  
    to  be  seen  as  naked  by  others  and  yet  not  
    recognised for  oneself”
    Berger  1972
    Lucas  Cranche the  Elder  1526
    Jenny  Saville  &  Glen  Luchford:   Closed  contact  1995-­‐6
    Melanie  Manchot: Gestures  of  Demarcation  2001  (I-­‐VI)
    Robert  Maplethorpe:   Nudes  late  1970’s  &  1980’s
    Jemima  Stehli:  Strip  2000
    John  Coplans:  Nudes  Circa  1984
    Manabu  Yamanaka:  Gyahti series  circa  2000
    Steve  Tynan:  Underpants  Late  1990  early  2000
    Jessie  Darling:  
    Photoshop  1  
    (Healing  brush,  
    clone  stamp,  
    paint  bucket)
    Photoshop  2  (free  
    transform,  
    Difference/Exclusi
    on:  tolerance:  60)  
    2013
    Erica  Scourti:  Body  Scan  2014
    Artists  Discussed
    • Jenny  Saville
    • Melanie  Manchot:
    • Robert  Maplethorpe:  Nudes
    • Jemima  Stehil:  
    • John  Coplans:  Nudes  circa  1984
    • Manabu  Yamanka:  Gyahti series  circa  2000
    • Steve  Tynan:  Underpants  late  1990’s-­‐ealry  2000
    • Jessie  Darling:   Photoshop  1  (Healing  brush,  clone  stamp,  paint  bucket)
    Photoshop  2  (free  transform,  Difference/Exclusion:  tolerance:  60)  2013
    • Erica  Scourti:  Body  Scan  2014
    Further  Reading
    • Berger,  J.  (1972)  Ways  of  seeing.  Penguin  Books.
    • Shilling,  C.  (2005)  Contemporary  social  theory.  2nd Edition  SAGE  
    Publishing.
    This  week’s  task  – A ‘Revelatory’  Portrait
    *This  task  does  not  require  nudity
    • We  have  discussed  nude  and  naked  in  the  context  of  reclaiming  
    representation.  We  have  looked  at  some  classical   photographers  who  
    challenge  notions  of  representation  and  contemporary  photographers  who  
    use  the  body  to  comment  on  the  body  as   an  object,  representation  and  
    commodification.  

    • Working  in  pairs  your  task  is  to  make  an  image  of  your  partner,  that  reveals  
    something  about  them.  This  brief  can  be  interpreted  as  broadly  as  you  like.  
    It  could  be  anything  from  a  favourite  food,  idiosyncratic  habit,  what  they  
    like  to  do  in  their  spare  time.  The  challenge  is  to  navigate  a  successful  way  
    of  representing  this  in  the  image.
    • Upload  onto  the  community  page  by  the  16th for  feedback  next  week.
    The  seminar  session  today  is  just  to  check  in  with  
    you.  Bring  any  questions  about  the  lecture  and/or  
    task  to  the  seminar  session.
    Check  your  group  and  make  sure  you  are  in  the  right  place  at  the  right  time
    (list  on  moodle)

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