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The nudity problem (2022) Painting by Aluu Prosper
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Painting,
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- Dimensions Height 40.5in, Width 34in
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in very good condition
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Paintings under $1,000 Surrealism Portrait
One of the pertinent problems which artists face today in our society on the nude painting is the negative impression associated with the painting of female nude figures. Some painting students consider female nude painting as immoral and pornographic. This may be due to their religious background, for instance, some are Christians, Moslems, and Traditional believers. The study employed the qualitative method of research with purposive sampling technique and simple random sampling. Interview and questionnaire were also used to collect the necessary data for the study.
This problem is also faced by the models, a lot still filled with confusion of whether they should do it or not, is it acceptable or not, what would people think, Yes or no, Not yet, not No. Some would like to be on the safe side and not be completely explicit with it thereby making some areas covered as seen and revealing the other but this doesn't allow the proper and complete anatomy to be considered.
Nudity is a constant in our media today, from billboards to commercials to modern art. But it wasn’t always like that.
Joe Hedges, an assistant professor of painting and intermedia in WSU’s fine arts department, said it is fascinating to think about how cultural norms surrounding nudity have changed throughout the years.
Hedges said Michelangelo’s painting in the Sistine Chapel is among the most famous examples of nude paintings. This is something that even today would not go over very well in many churches.
“It’s in a church [and] sometimes I have to remind myself, ‘this is several hundred years ago and somebody decided to paint all the walls of the church with nude bodies,’ ” Hedges said.
He said people choose to paint and sculpt nude figures for a variety of reasons. The artist’s choice to show a subject wearing clothes, whether it is a contemporary coat or hat, places the subject at a particular time and place.
“Sometimes painting a nude figure is as simple as, you want that painting to feel timeless,” Hedges said.
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Aluu Prosper is a contemporary Nigerian painter. His usually stylized figures show the use of the artistic devices of elongation and exaggeration, as well as his unique style of painting the iconic afro hairstyle. These are his ways of celebrating and negotiating African identity. In traditional African art visual codes, the exaggeration of the head in comparison to other parts of the body is a well-known visual strategy to establish the head as the seat of wisdom and intellectual prowess according to the beliefs in parts of Africa. Prosper plays with the size, forms and presentation of the head of the figures in his paintings as a visual pun to challenge what he considers a one-sided narrative about the size of the head in traditional African art. His style of painting rich afro hairstyle and golden crowns on the heads of his figures are meant to ennoble and dignify the subjects in his work.
Prosper's work does not aim to rehearse the negative stereotypes in African people's relationship with other races; instead, he strives to look beyond negative experiences by painting luscious images of the African people resplendent in beautiful apparel and striking pieces of diadem. By using Nigerian newspapers in his works, he tells stories of the past by preserving stories of the present. While he focuses on black identity, with this he believes that in order to preserve culture, he must continue to create it. Aluu Prosper exhibited his works in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Japan, South Africa.
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Nationality:
NIGERIA
- Date of birth : 1999
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary Nigerian Artists
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