NUDE ART in the HOME

[OZJames]

I am wondering how much nude art nudists have in their home in contrast to nude artworks in the homes of non nudists. We have only four paintings/prints that include nudity out of perhaps 25 or so other artworks.

One is a Norman Lindsay print of naked women falling out of the sky in front of a bridal party on a field - looks of amazement all around , the second is a Picasso print of nude dancers , the third a Jewish painting of Adam and Eve and the last a series of 8 paintings , one of which is a breast , the others fairly sensuous images of fruit and flowers (it's all in the mind of course).

If I had the money I would like to buy more nude artwork but feel that others may regard a house full of nude images a little strange. I probably should not care BUT ????

What do non nudists think of people who have a house full of nude art - perhaps Stu could answer this ??

What is a reasonable balance considering that most visitors to our house are non nudists.

[alfredr]

Not a lot of nude art here, some naked angels, I think those are cherubs, and a couple of small statues of couples embracing, nothing full frontal, and they are in our bedroom.

And what about nude art in non-nudist homes?

Or nude art in non-nudist homes on TV? There is a Mexican telenovela on UNIVISION currently where one of the homes has quite a bit of nude art, including a pair of approximately 3/4 size statues. This art sometimes shows up in the background for several seconds at a time when focusing on one of the characters talking, not the groin area, but breasts, of statues are plainly visible.

[RalphVa]

So far, I only have a nude from waist up on a block of wood down here in my basement. Have never had any complaints about it from anyone.

What I'd like is a large nude statue to place in my woods on the way down to the creek. These large nudes are rather expensive though.

[newfred]

I have 6 nude paintings in my home and and a nude David statue in my garden path, I am a naturist.

[nakedjohn]

We have several nudes in the living room, paintings and statues. Also in the bedroom we have nudes (my avatar is the oilpainting in the bedroom), and even, believe it, in the walking closet, funny but true. Nobody has ever made a remark.

[WacoTX]

Have a statuette based on the "Birth of Venus" by Botticelli (sp?)

[GrayWolf]

We have 4 nude statues scattered around our house. They are about 3' tall and are of nude females. They are the middle of a person - from the neck down to about 3" of leg and have only about 3" of arm too. Quite nice. They get a few looks from visitors or clients who come to my home office. No complaints from anyone and a few complements.

[sliver]

I have several PlayBoy nude puzzles, assembled and framed, in my computer room. They are IMHO tasteful and add to the decor. My girlfriend has a large (expensive) framed picure of a nude couple in our bedroom. Several nudes decorate the rec room as well. No one has ever complained, including the parents of young children.

[nekkidskier]

My tv room, which has a tropical decor, has several photos of nudes on tropical beaches as well as several photos of painted nude bicyclists (myself included) from the Fremont Summer Solstice. The only comments have been along the lines of, "Wow- I love this room!"

[JeepNude]

Just one. A painful image- Jesus hanging on the cross just before giving his life.

[OZJames]

I have never been in the house of another nudist. Our friends who like to be nude here on the farm, skinny dipping or walking, practice little nudity at their homes because spouses are not into nudity.

It is interesting reading the above posts. I think that most houses I have been in have at least one piece of nude art somewhere but some have many items of nude art. Art galleries show a lot of nude art. A year or so ago the Archibald Prize, a Sydney portrait art competition had a large number of fully nude, male and female, portraits in the entries.

[NoCollarWorker]

We would like to find a source for good-quality, tasteful nudes (paintings, small sculptures, wall hangings, etc.) to decorate our new home at Cypress Cove. We are starting with six rooms of empty walls and we both agree that using nudes to decorate would be perfect for the new place.

Does anyone know of a good site / supplier to check for quality nudes?

Later,

Mike

[Joontiki]

I am wondering how much nude art nudists have in their home in contrast to nude artworks in the homes of non nudists. We have only four paintings/prints that include nudity out of perhaps 25 or so other artworks.

One is a Norman Lindsay print of naked women falling out of the sky in front of a bridal party on a field - looks of amazement all around , the second is a Picasso print of nude dancers , the third a Jewish painting of Adam and Eve and the last a series of 8 paintings , one of which is a breast , the others fairly sensuous images of fruit and flowers (it's all in the mind of course).

If I had the money I would like to buy more nude artwork but feel that others may regard a house full of nude images a little strange. I probably should not care BUT ????

What do non nudists think of people who have a house full of nude art - perhaps Stu could answer this ??

What is a reasonable balance considering that most visitors to our house are non nudists.
Well i don't have a lot of nude art as of yet, but i sure do plan to. At the moment, all i have is a print by Henri Matisse of a reclining nude woman, and a tasteful reclining nude portrait i took of my husband.

I do plan on painting nudes myself once i get my studio in order. But that may take quite a while, since i've got an incredibly busy traveling naturist-planned summer/fall this year. So maybe i can start painting this winter? *crosses fingers*

If i had the money, i too would buy more nudes. I enjoy collecting other artist's work, but have focused on "Frida Kahlo" in the past. The future will be nudes. And nude statues as well. That would be awesome!

As for a house full of nude images being strange and what non-nudist visitors would think... I can only say one thing. It's YOUR house! Your space. Your Sanctuary. You can do whatever you want in your house, and to heck with what anyone else thinks! Sure, they'll probably think you're a sexual deviant (because of course, nudity = sex in their eyes), so of course, it would come down to how strong you are over what people think about you.

Lol. People think my house looks like a Carnival Fun House because i've used so much colour & have so much... weird stuff! And once i get all those nudes up as well? ... Well i can only imagine what they'd think. And who cares? Not me!

I say, bring on the nude art! :D

P.S. Man, i've never said "nude" so many times in one post before! Geez. Ten times (not counting "nudity") at my count! :-P

[nuovonudo]

at present i do not have any nude art in my home. eventually i hope to have some -- probably paintings. also, as i am beginning to paint (or "write," as they like to say) byzantine christian icons, one that i plan to attempt someday is the baptism of the Lord, which will show Him as He truly was, completely naked. an icon of the crucifixion would also show Him nude.

jeepnude, does the image you described show Jesus fully naked, or loins veiled in the customary way?

[David77]

I have hundreds of nude pencil drawings and watercolor drawings which I have done over many years at the St. Louis Artist Guild and at nudist resorts. I have them in storage boxes. I have one of my nude oil paintings on the wall and a nude sculpture which I did from a model, which is prominently displayed in my home. I am not in the business of selling art.

[connorsdad]

Does a picture of me count naked? If so, my bathroom is plastered with art.


LOL

Just joking...no but seriously does it?

[Joontiki]

Does a picture of me count naked? If so, my bathroom is plastered with art. LOL Just joking...no but seriously does it?
:laugh: "Just joking.. no but seriously does it?" That just sounded so funny!

Hehe. I'm a big believer in ART. It is totally subjective. It's whatever you say it is, no matter what other people think. If you think a pile of ... clothes pegs arranged in a circle & hung on the wall is pretty, then it's art. So if you think your naked pics are art... then they are! :)

[Fitz1980]

If I ever get around to framing the damn thing I'm going to frame Spencer Tunick's Miami shot which me and 500 of my closest friends are in.

[chadnude]

I am an artist and have numerous art books on figurative drawing and painting. My wife and children are not nudists but enjoy looking at the books and artworks both nude and others on the walls. I have a female nude near our front door adn many admire it either coming or going. Most peopel accept it and even like to look through the books too. In our bedroom are three nudes, 2 male n 1 female. We accept them all as do our visitors.
My studio often has artworks in progress of nudes and/or semi abstract ones, all peopel comment - some more than others. I thinkits al good.

[blackrebel]

I was working with a subject years ago when I was photographing. He boyfriend was dead set against it but didnt interfere. He was uneasy with her friends seeing images online and lord knows where else. When he saw the results, this image of her was placed over their fireplace for the world to see

http://img4.modelmayhem.com/060916/17/450c7fa1266b4.jpg

[jon71]

Beautiful. That's very nicely done.

[OZJames]

If i had the money, i too would buy more nudes. I enjoy collecting other artist's work, but have focused on "Frida Kahlo" in the past. The future will be nudes. And nude statues as well. That would be awesome!
Frida Kahlo's works are wild, and some (non nude paintings) are VERY sexy. I can't say her nude art is very appealing but it is certainly interesting. She was an amazing person very hard to understand.

I think prints are the way to go. Lets fill our houses with prints, all sizes and shapes, unframed and just stuck on the wall with "Blu Tack" . The internet has many many sites for purchase of art prints.

[Joontiki]

Frida Kahlo's works are wild, and some (non nude paintings) are VERY sexy. I can't say her nude art is very appealing but it is certainly interesting. She was an amazing person very hard to understand.

I think prints are the way to go. Lets fill our houses with prints, all sizes and shapes, unframed and just stuck on the wall with "Blu Tack" . The internet has many many sites for purchase of art prints.
Actually, i only have one print of one of Frida's actual portraits, and a couple of framed photos of her. But mostly, i collect other, modern artist's portraits of Frida Kahlo, all bought off of eBay. People looove to paint Frida! She's an icon! :-) Living so much of her life in bed & in pain... all she had was the mirror to give her something to paint. That's why she did so many self portraits. Her life really was fascinating.

Yes, prints are awesome. It's about all most people can afford, and that way we can have lots! Well, unless you buy from new artists on eBay, that is. Hehe. And i'm all for "Blu Tack" too. A lot of my own art is on the wall that way, as are some prints. Nude photos would be great to do this way as well! If you really needed to take them down occasionally for textiles, then they'd be down in a jiffy (if you must) & back up when they leave. Gotta love the 'tack'! :-)

[G I Joe]

My favorite nude art hangs in my bedroom. It is a large drawing of ME. It was professionally done. Looking at it daily brings back the fond memories of the day I posed for the drawing.

[nuovonudo]

nice work, blackrebel. it's great that the model's boyfriend had a change of heart when he saw the finished work. he probably realized that it wasn't a sexual statement but rather a statement about beauty.

good for you!

[TheNorm]

I was working with a subject years ago when I was photographing. He boyfriend was dead set against it but didnt interfere. He was uneasy with her friends seeing images online and lord knows where else. When he saw the results, this image of her was placed over their fireplace for the world to see

http://img4.modelmayhem.com/060916/17/450c7fa1266b4.jpgGreat shot. BTW, my daughter just joined modelmayhem.com after her first professional nude photo shoot. She had a great time working with TnT Photography and obviously has no issue with posing nude. This is my favorite shot:
http://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic_id=485f4b83f21e1&date=2008-06-23%2003:06:48&id=740333&pid=7252660

[blackrebel]

Great shot. BTW, my daughter just joined modelmayhem.com after her first professional nude photo shoot. She had a great time working with TnT Photography and obviously has no issue with posing nude. This is my favorite shot:
http://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic_id=485f4b83f21e1&date=2008-06-23%2003:06:48&id=740333&pid=7252660

Nice work. Funny how so many problems are on MM with GWC (Guys with cams, So-called photographers who really want to see naked women) and GWC (Girl with cams, So-called models who think they are cute enough to be paid to sit and have their pics taken).

Look at the forums and the issues of nudes come up a lot. Once I suggested that photographers need to be photographed nude to see the realities of shooting and to thin out the perverts.

[Sanslines]

Once I suggested that photographers need to be photographed nude to see the realities of shooting and to thin out the perverts.

Good idea but I don't think that you will find many photographers who will pose nude.

[blackrebel]

Good idea but I don't think that you will find many photographers who will pose nude.

Very few, but the ones who did agreed and then watched the others squirm at the idea.

[Fitz1980]

That reminds me of some photos that were taken by a male photographer where he recreated nude poses that he had taken of female models.

http://www.midbrowart.com/layer1/nugal/modvpho/gallery.htm

The end results are rather funny as he's a middle aged harry man with a beer belly copying sexy feminine poses. He said that the pics show that he won't ask his models to do anything that he wouldn't do. He was still criticized because he was just copying poses and not in the same position as being a model taking direction from a photographer. So he did another set called "Model's Revenge" where Maria, that naked model with the tattoos who's all over the rest of his site photographed him nude and she gave him direction and he did whatever she asked him to do.

http://www.midbrowart.com/layer1/nugal/revenge/gallery.htm

WARNING: Some of these pics are a little kinky, but it is art not porn.

Norm those pics of your daughter are great. I liked the full body picture with her head turned looking up at the camera the best. She just has the most innocent look on her face. The innocent look of a person in nature.

[Trainfan]

I have an old oil lamp from the 70s that has a nude statue in the center called "Diana". We're really happy with it, and the oil still works. It has a blue lightbuld in the center and when it's on, it really looks like Diana under the moon. It's quite striking.

[jon71]

You probably know this but in case anyone isn't up on their Greek/Roman mythology "Diana" is the goddess of the moon and the hunt. I'm pretty sure Athena is her other name. My inclination is to say the Greeks called her Athena and the Romans Diana but I occasionally confuse the two. Sometimes I only remember the difference from something I've seen on Xena, lol.

[TheNorm]

Norm those pics of your daughter are great. I liked the full body picture with her head turned looking up at the camera the best. She just has the most innocent look on her face. The innocent look of a person in nature.Thanks! She is something of a "nature girl" so the shoot was a lot of fun for her.

That reminds me of some photos that were taken by a male photographer where he recreated nude poses that he had taken of female models.That was some funny stuff! The photographer obviously has a great sense of humor.

[Trainfan]

Jon,
Thanks for the heads up. Actually, it was just a coincidence that we put a blue lightbulb and that I made the reference to the moon. I believe you're correct regarding the Roman/Greek names. I just remember as a kid that my mom always called her Diana. Additionally, it's a little funny to me because my mom loved the light, but my wife hates it, so it's been banished to the "man cave". I probably like it because it reminds me of simpler times, but my guess is that when my wife sees it, it looks like the "leg light" that the dad won in the movie, "A Christmas Story." The dad loved the lamp so much he wanted to put it right in the front window, but the mom despised it. Ahh -- good times!

You probably know this but in case anyone isn't up on their Greek/Roman mythology "Diana" is the goddess of the moon and the hunt. I'm pretty sure Athena is her other name. My inclination is to say the Greeks called her Athena and the Romans Diana but I occasionally confuse the two. Sometimes I only remember the difference from something I've seen on Xena, lol.

[luvnaturism]

It's not in our home, but I wish it were. A friend has a near life-size sculpture of a nude teenage boy. It's made of chicken wire, and is amazingly realistic. How the artist got it so perfect, I have no idea. Because chicken wire is mostly open space, the statue is airy and ethereal. You end up looking at it again and again because it plays tricks on your eyes.

The friend is an interior decorator who routinely sells decorative objects out of her home. She's had many offers to buy this sculpture, but this is one item she won't part with.

[narod]

My wife and I have a 2ft tall Michelangelo's David statue in the living room. It was originally bought to be put on our deck, but when the statue arrived, it was a better copy than I had anticipated. So, I didn't want it out in the weather. Usually there isn't much comment about it, other than things like , "Have you seen the real David?" or, "We saw the real David when we were in Italy, and man, is it huge.", etc. The only negative comment was from my sister-in-law. She asked why we had that naked man in the house, and who was he. Now, you have to know that she and my wife's brother are very religious. Me? I dont' attend church, but read the Bible, and am a believer, and try to live my life as I was taught by my parents. So, I told her to go home, and read her Bible. Then I gave her the verses from 1 Samuel that tell why David is naked. I explained that Saul had given David his "warriors dress" and David wore it. But David couldn't walk in it because it was too heavy, so he took the armor off. She and her husband looked sort of shocked when I was telling her that. Then I proceeded to tell them that in some depictions of David, Goliath's head is at David's feet. I picked up the statue, and showed them that David has his sling over his shoulder, and a stone in his right hand. I, also, told them that this statue is a depiction of David before he killed Goliath. I haven't heard another word from them, about our David

[NorthEastUSA]

I dont have any nude art pieces. I wouldnt mind hanging them if I had some.

We know a couple that has Very Artistic Nude Shots of the wife hanging in there master bedroom.

[luvnaturism]

The only negative comment was from my sister-in-law. She asked why we had that naked man in the house, and who was he. Now, you have to know that she and my wife's brother are very religious.

Perhaps one reason your sister-in-law didn't make the connection is that Michelangelo used a young Italian nobleman as his model. A Hebrew David would have had different features, and perhaps a different build. Of course the Hebrew David would also have been circumcised.

[narod]

Thanks. I had read about the model somewhere. However, I would have thought most educated people would have known Michelangelo's David.
I am a road cyclist, and also have a large copy of a picture of Lance Armstrong, nude on a Trek race bike, that Annie Lebowitz took to raise money for books for schools in under developed countries. It is on the wall in my garage above my two road bkes and my mountain bike. (I sent that photo into CFI, and I think it's still in the photo gallery under United States.) My sister and brother-in-law look at that with a rather un-approving stare, also. They asked about that, and I told them he did that to raise money to help under privilaged kids. Enough said. Nothing as been mentioned since that. Most people (like the plumber, the cable guy, or the neighbors) don't even bat and eye when they are in our garage. I love my in-laws, and have just learned to accept the way my sister-in-law was raised. My wife's brother wasn't raised that way, but from the time he was little, my wife said he had this fear of being seen nude. He has a real problem when he has to go to the dermatologist.

[minitim]

Hello, Narod:
When Michelangelo finished sculpting David from the marble that was ruined by another sculptor, there was a lot of controversy over it. Mainly because there wasn't a head of Goliath, or an action sequence, such as David using the sling. This meant that this new statue wasn't used to teach a story(the only reason to make a statue at that time), and was more like a Greek or Roman god statue. It became an idol, and the church at that time was definitely not friendly with idolatry.

I don't remember if it was the love of the statue, or Michelangelo's popularity that saved this piece of art, but we are all happy that it has survived. The original is slightly over 13 feet tall.

[james423]

We have only one -a statuette in our bedroom which is a replica of "The Kiss" by Rodin.

[Redtan]

Being a painter, I may have several nude paintings in the house at any given time. Right now I have two. One in the bedroom and one in the livingroom. I've never noticed that anyone feels uncomfortable around them. Of course, I'm not into realism so my images are fairly abstract.

[NudeX]

I have done some life drawing and am actually rather pleased with them, I wish I could have done more actually.