The Art of Pornography

€uroMeinke · 11-14-2007, 07:39 PM

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:

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World's Most Explicit Art Is on Exhibit in London

A major art exhibition in London at one of the UK's top galleries is not open to anyone younger than 18.

"Seduced," at the Barbican Gallery, is billed as the most sexually explicit fine-art exhibition ever staged. It attempts to show 2,500 years of sexuality in world art, and to explore how attitudes about what is erotic art and what is pornography have changed through the ages.

Makes me want to go back to London

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

LSPoorEeyorick · 11-14-2007, 07:48 PM

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

Kevy Baby · 11-14-2007, 07:52 PM

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.

NirvanaMan · 11-14-2007, 08:09 PM

I am opposed to nudity in public.

katiesue · 11-14-2007, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

I am opposed to nudity in public.

Says the man with no pants.

LSPoorEeyorick · 11-14-2007, 08:19 PM

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.

€uroMeinke · 11-14-2007, 08:32 PM

What happened? - I thought it still existed

Moonliner · 11-14-2007, 08:45 PM

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

Gemini Cricket · 11-14-2007, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

I am opposed to nudity in public.

Yeah, and I fu cked Beyonce.

Gemini Cricket · 11-15-2007, 04:28 PM

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

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