I had done this sketch in 1998. John Berger's statement, "Nudity is a form of dress" has been my belief too.
Although aware of my lack of finesse and technical skill in art, I take the liberty to quote Paul Gauguin who said, "I wished to suggest by means of a simple nude, a certain long-lost barbaric luxury."
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Who said you're not good or may be I haven't seen many art work, whatever the reason I instantly fall in love with this piece.
What you create, its art, you view your creation, its beautiful. If is not being portrayed in an overt way and intentions are art production, then it is art. Nothing is wrong with the depiction of nudity , only the way it is portrayed.
Human body is beautiful and to add art in it enhances it's beauty.
Tasteless is vulgar art.How far can you stretch it to call it tasteless? or will you say every and any nudity is art? or how far your own mind can take you to call it in bad taste, though?
It is a two way street with no dead end. It is expression of the artist to invoke his/her own views inside the minds of the viewers. And, it is also what we perceive. Every viewer perceives it with his/her unique viewpoint which is already set in their individual mindsets. And this is what art's real definition is to disagree with different minds.
Anyway, good piece of art!
The h in "Gaughin"?
Neena: I have seen good art and even great art, so I know my limitations. The blog has made me bold enough to expose my flaws and accept them. Even so, the original is better, as I had to compress the scanned rather large file to put it up here...but, yes, we can love imperfections too. Thank you!
anonymous: You are right about perception of the observer. A perverted mind might see even a fully-clothed woman lasciviously; I find some of Raja Ravi Verma's art revolting in aesthetic terms simply because it does not fit in with my idea of aesthetics. This adds to your comment about disagreement defining art...I wish it would apply to writing and more so to real life!
Mukul: The 'h' is silent :-)Thanks for pointing out the error, though; I got so involved with this that i overlooked an important detail.
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