Virtual Viewing of Bare Men: The Group Show
Bare Men: The Group Show installation view
ON VIEW:
Bare Men: The Group Show
Virtual Viewing: April 14 to May 31, 2020
Bare Men: The Group Show curated by Abigail Ekue celebrated all expressions of the male nude ranging from the classical to the erotic. The group photography exhibit was on view at The Living Gallery from September 29 to October 4, 2019. The exhibit featured artists from Germany, Austria, Israel, The UK, Canada, India and across the US working in the figure studies, fashion and glamour, editorial, outdoor, conceptual, erotic and self portrait genres. Each artist shared their own appreciation, familiarity or tension with the male nude through sensual, vulnerable, experimental and sexual imagery.
Bare Men: The Group Show marked Abigail Ekue’s curatorial debut.
While NYC, and the world in general, is on PAUSE, everyone is turning to art. Many independent artists have been hit hard by the pandemic restrictions so this is an opportunity to share work to those who've always enjoyed it and to reach a new audience. During my career, I've noticed many who enjoy nude photography tend to do so in private. An online exhibit is a great way for art collectors to view the work of the artists in the exhibit and my own work. It's also a way to get conversations started on why the male nude is villified, censored or mainly relegated to the gay market. We don't know when we'll get back to IRL exhibits but for now, online exhibits and virtual viewings are a wonderful way to share and view art...
When Bare Men: The Group Show was on display at The Living Gallery, we had a great response but it shouldn't stop there. The artists I selected for Bare Men: The Group Show created work that is timeless, evocative and has the ability to be accepted openly as part of the 'new normal' -- the acceptance of male nudity on par with female nudity and the inclusion of male and men-identifying people to the body-positivity movement.