“John F. Kenneday was a revolutionary; he was not afraid to butt heads with America, and I was not afraid to show America my butt-naked truth,” says singer-songwriter Erykah Badu in the wake of her music video for Window Seat. Erykah Badu is known for her activism and philanthropy in
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The famous philosopher and theologian Friedric Nietzsche once said “One must give value to their existence by behaving as if one’s very existence were a work of art” (Nietzsche). This idea that the human body is a work of art in itself has continued through the ages. From Michelangelo’s David
If you were wearing nothing- or a little bit of fabric- would you consider yourself nude? In most cases, you would say you are nude or declare that you were bordering on the edge of nudity. Now, if a professional artist painted on your body, would you still consider yourself
There have long been debates over where to draw the line between illegal public nudity and nudity for the sake of performance art. Public nudity is generally illegal in the United States, however there are no federal laws that specifically prohibit it. In fact, in certain contexts, public nudity is
There is no argument or doubt towards the fact that paintings from the renaissance time period are incredibly popular and are still studied by students, art critics, and simple citizens even though they are intensely graphic. People travel from all over to visit old art relics such as Michelangelo’s The
Spanish artist Adrian Pino Olivera was arrested in Paris after posing naked except for a black robe in front of the Mona Lisa painting. Olivera was arrested immediately spending 24 hours in prison and then banned for life from the Louvre. He is known for his project around the world
“There’s nothing like the feeling you get from the crowd, the chase, the wind between your legs, pure freedom. If ever you feel bored, low, or helpless, I will be there to save the day, to raise your spirits—and perhaps a few other things. You only live once, let it
The human body, especially the body of a female, has been a point of contention within society since the beginning of time. The body of a woman has rarely been hers. It has been property to man, covered up, shamed, and made to be something immoral. It has become criminal
How does one draw a contrast between art and pornorgraphy? Art and crime? A New York artist prompted his city’s police to do just that when he had “150 people to lie naked in the middle of Times Square” (Ramirez) to pose for a photo. Spencer Tunick, aims to do
Imagine walking into a museum filled with patrons and disrobing in front of everyone. Deborah De Robertis is a performance artist who is known for exposing her genitals in front of people and paintings, but its not because she is an exhibitionist. While the room stares at her, she gazes