The Art of Pornography
 

This weekend some of us went to the Getty and one of their exhibitions was on nude photography. Of course I had to check this out, and was amused by the wall copy on one piece dated from the 1850's depicting two nude women in a suggestive embrace. It commented on the first use of photography being the capture of such pornographic content for explicitly private purpose. But it concluded by mentioning the age and patina of the work had degraded it's ability to arouse - as if, now (being in a museum) it clearly wasn't porn anymore. I smiled for Marcel Duchamp and Dadaist everywhere...

But what an amazing instance of synchronicity to here this on NPR coming home tonight:

Makes me want to go back to London

Oh and you can see a few images at the Barbican site here

Ooh, the brothel frescoes from Pompeii! We saw those (and loved them!)

When I was DJ'ing for the Lifestyles organization (swingers - and I don't mean dancing), at their annual convention they always had an erotic art exhibit that was fascinating. You can get info about the current one at http://xartgallery.com/.

There is also the Museum of Sex in NYC (AKA MoSex). Susan and I visited there on our recent trip to NYC. Their site is museumofsex.com.

I am opposed to nudity in public.

Says the man with no pants. :D

I really miss the Erotic Museum in Hollywood. It was one of our favorite old haunts. The sex toy box was the best... it was a big clear glass box full of lubricated sex toys. You could reach into big rubber gloves built into the side of the box and play with the toys (like they were radioactive waste in a nuclear plant.)

They also had great erotic folk art.

Sigh. How I miss thee.

What happened? - I thought it still existed

Wow, There were naked people over two thousand years ago? Amazing.

Yeah, and I fu cked Beyonce.
:D

I know there was a Sex Museum in Paris... somewhere near the Moulin Rouge. I don't know if it's still there...

In the arse? That's NASTY.

I think it'd be fun to see an art of porn exhibit... reminds me of that book I need to get where it shows the bad furnishings in porn -- anyone ever see it before or can cough up an amazon link? Basically it was a book that showed porno stills with the people removed, so that you would pay attention to the AWFUL interior design skills of wherever it was shot.. so hilarious.

But also - why does this board have a bad word filter?

Office firewalls.

yup. a few too many naughty words and poof, no mas Jack during the day.

I'd love to see the london exhibit. image 7 made me laugh

While looking for it, I came across this humorous site:

http://www.furnitureporn.com/furnporn1.html

It was (or is) fantastic. Let's do a pornography tour of Europe!

Now that sounds like fun!

I found the Musée de l'érotisme. This may be the one y'all are talking about. It appears to still be alive and cooking.

I don't know about the book, but there is this site. (Positively, absolutely, 500% NSFW!!!)

Wow, you aren't kidding on that!!!

You were warned! :evil:

Oh, it went out of business - a couple years ago already.

I wouldn't be surprised if we (collectively here on the LoT) didn't have enough to start out own museum.

Not that I have anything to contribute!

I've only got an inflatable sword Happy Meal toy that Chernabog and friends used in a deviant manner...

http://www.amazon.com/Obscene-Interi...5204933&sr=1-1

There's that book but I coulda sworn there was something similar for porn. Oh well :P Maybe the above is what I saw (it's still friggin funny)

Maybe you should write the book. It would be a winner!

That might take a while :)

And your point is.......? ;)

We'll just have to wait until the Swank Empire can run itself so we can take a few months off.

Nonesense - we have wifi!