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Venn diagram to show the relationship between field of practice, skills and research
I have to say that since this research proposal was intended to direct us to explore the areas I was interested in, by looking at it now, this seems quite vague in general and some of my direction has changed from certain point since but anyhow, here is overall evaluation of what I've thought at that time.
Research proposal
The category of nakedness is a fundamental ambiguity about the nature of human existence, and has continuously been used as indices of humanness and its hierarchies. Nudity has especially been used for various advertising and design purposes. So, how do we divide the nudity as an art or an object of humiliation? My aim of the investigation is to distinguish the boundary that defines nudity as an art and debate about the morality of nude uses in our society.
- In the commercial terms, the use of presentation of nudity could be viewed as a trick of the trade where it is attracting our sight for amusement.
- It was noticeable to see that the most of the images in advertisements were female bodies.
- ‘what makes naked female bodies are acceptable to entice the public to attract and encourage to buy something and at the same time why men’s nudity appeared to be generally unacceptable in public context.’
- what defines sometimes sexist assumed as illegal or sometimes yet morally justifiable exception.
Bill Brant
In photographs by Bill Brant, the nudity become as an object, not a human. His photographs proved that there are no other elements than photography that can extract the reality on a piece of art. But also it has ability to change the reality in the view of photographer of the image and creates a new order. His work involves architecture, reportage of society, landscape and portrait, but especially my inspiration has to be his series of nude photographs. His uses of black and white contrasted photographs appeal strongly and his distortion of positioning models inside the frames creates an overall mysterious and surrealist atmosphere.
Luigi Colani
Luigi Colani’s said, “The earth is round, all the heavenly bodies are round; they all move on round or elliptical orbits. We are even aroused by round forms in species propagation related eroticism. Why should I join the straying mass who wants to make everything angular?”. His theory appeal on his characteristic of the designs which are the rounded, organic form and sometimes described as ‘biodynamic’ that evokes the beauty of nature; also refers as beauty of nudity. His work informs that nudity always does not have to be reflected as human body but also transformed in to pieces of design. His work introduce another possibility in design that the nudity can be exposed as branding identity, used as an interpretation of metaphor in product, fashion and advertisement that signifies the clarity purity in itself.
Jerome Abramovitch
Jerome Abramovitch is a photographer, performance artist, and heavy body modification enthusiast. He is most famous for his experiments involving injecting saline solution into his skin. His inherent nature to seek, explore and be that which is different has gained him the kind of recognition and marketable appeal that can only be attained by such an unconventional and driven individual. I think that the stark honesty of his photographs is testament to who he is as an artist, the eccentric characters that surround him and the intimate bonds they share.
Geraldine Georges
Geraldine Georges produced a magnificent pieces of illustrations based on nude. She demonstrated that the uses of curves and shapes of body can be corrupted and rejoined in other parts to create a piece of design. Her skills to contrast in dark and light in image have appealed to me and her combination of illustrations with fine lines on top of the pale body which inspired me the most. Her works of photograph and illustrations showed her deep knowledge of understanding the form, shape and lines of body in terms of a subject for inspiration.
The real nude art prefers human in its most raw form. As much I have concerned, a nude artist would do away with embellishments which are deemed as mere accessories to the beauty of the human body. These accessories do not really beautify the human body in the process of depicting art. Rather, it sullies the beauty of the human nature. For some nude artists, however, this is perfectly acceptable like , as he uses his three dimensional sculpture on top of his parts to emphasise the softness of the body beneath his garment. His chosen colour and form of sculpture outside not only makes the piece attractive but also blend in to the shapes and line of the nudity of human.
So in conclusion..my further investigation was to
- Investigate further, the reasons of our obsession with proportions in both human body and in Design and also, look into the rules and definitions that involved in producing a piece of art/design that is expected as a ‘perfection’.
- Create works of series that will show that nude art that refers to the study of the human body and the nude person is merely a representation of behalf of humanity.
