About Erotic Art and Artists

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SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT EROTIC ART AND ARTISTS
by
Harry Weisburd

WHAT EXACTLY IS EROTIC ART?

ANSWERS TO EROTICA IN AMERICA
QUESTION #1
Influence of sex and erotica in Art History

lets see- Botticelli - Venus on a Half Shell was considered EROTIC and naughty - the city fathers then declared all of Botticelli paintings were OFFENSIVE AND HAD THEM ALL BURNED !

one of France's greatest painters- PIERRE BONNARD'S- Impressionist - most of his paintings of woman can be considered very EROTIC- all the nudes in bed and bathroom - the model used was his wife.

DEGAS
all the GREAT PASTEL PAINTINGS OF WOMEN TAKING A BATH WERE CONSIDERED EROTIC AND FORBODDEN- because DEGAS painted women taking a bath WHERE INVASION OF PRIVACY WAS CONSIDERED FORBIDDEN- THESE PAINTINGS NOW CONSIDERED SOME OF DEGAS MASTERPIECES

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
ALL OF THE PAINTINGS OF THE GREAT FRENCH ARTIST TOULOUSE -LAUTREC ARE EROTIC
HE PAINTED WOMEN IN BROTHELS- LESBIANS IN BED- HOOKERS AT BROTHELS BEING MEDICALLY NSPECTED FOR VD diseases

ONE OF THE GREAT FIGURATIVE ARTISTS IN AMERICA- who PORTRAYED HOOKERS AND PIMPS IN USA - RICHARD LINDNER-

QUESTION #2 Erotic Art positive and negative aspect in American society-- or does American culture dictate the use of Erotic

Sex sells---------period---anywhere any country----
INTERESTING OBSERVATION-- some websites have one of the best STATISTICS SYSTEMS I know of---
The statistics cover how many viewers FOR each Work has, what City and Country the viewer is from --- Last year in one month where I had listed many erotic works
MUCH TO MY SURPRISE - I RECEIVED 146, 616 INQUIRES-- "HITS"
I research the Cities and Countries from which inquires originated from--much to my surprise I had inquires where it is FORBIDDEN TO LOOK A SEMI-NUDE OF NUDE WOMEN -countries like IRAN, IRAQ, EGYPT, Middle Eastern Countries in general including Turkey --- AMAZING! THE FORBIDDEN OF SEXUALITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST ENCOURAGES INQUIRIES ELSEWHERE--- i also get inquires from RUSSIA, CHINA- TAIWAN- BULGARIA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA -----

ONE OF THE GREAT FIGURATIVE ARTISTS IN AMERICA- who PORTRAYED HOOKERS AND PIMPS IN USA - RICHARD LINDNER-

IN ALL ART -- IT IS NOT WHAT YOU SAY BUT "HOW " YOU SAY IT!

QUESTION # 3
What is your view on sexuality?
I attempt in my personal work - TO IMPLY , SEXUALITY AND SENSUALITY RATHER THEN BEING EXPLICIT- how do I do this? it is the suggestiveness of a pose or relationship suggestiveness between people in my works
or the use of A TITLE---- in film its called the "montage technique"
when you put 2 or 3 images together- rather than only one image making a statement- interchanging 2 or 3 images together can change the meaning of one image to have different interpretations depending on an image in front of one image and an image following the prime image==MONTAGE IN FILM!

IN PAINTING- a title for a painting can suggest what the image you are looking a is all about-- for instance - with a woman standing or sitting WITH A MAN and the title is DO YOU LIKE ME-- is the woman a HOOKER- ? is she asking HOW DO I LOOK- ---DO YOU LIKE MY DRESS--- MY MAKEUP ? I WAS A BRUNETTE NOW I AM A BLONDE- HOW DO I LOOK ?

Question # 4
Can erotic and sexual images be considered art?

I considered many GREAT ARTISTS - EROTIC ARTISTS INCLUDING:
DEGAS, TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, RENOIR, ENGLISH ARTIST ALLAN JONES,RICHARD LINDNER
GREAT AUSTRIAN ARTISTS GUSTAVE KLIMT-( one of his paintings recently sold at auction in AMERICA for $ 135 milllion dollars -HIGHER THAN FOR ANY PICASSO- bought by the family of cosmetic giant ESTEE LAUDER!

EGON SCHIELE ONE OF THE GREAT DRAFTSMAN OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

I think that Erotic Artists produce some of the top FIGURATIVE ART in the world today!

Question # 5
What do you think the parallel is between artistic expression and sexual expression?

Ask Picasso (made lots of erotic drawings and paintings) ask DALI- ask Toulouse -LAUTREC ask MODIGLIANI ask DEGAS, ask ALLAN JONES ask RICHARD LINDNER ask JULES PASCIN (paintings of hookers)
ask DAVID HOCKEY (lots of drawings and paintings of GAYS )ask ANDY WARHOL films about GAYS - EATING A BANANA - BLOW--
ask BEAT POET -ALLAN GINSBERG-- poetry about GAYS

ask RODIN lots of erotic drawngs and erotic sculptures -

ask ITALIAN MASTER SCULPTOR MANZU


HARRY WEISBURD

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