Art is currently falling into the censorship trap because of nudity - especially in social media. Not only did it happen to Egon Schiele, but also to that Paleolithic goddess who gained fame under the name "Venus of Willendorf": Even the small, historical figure made of limestone, which shows an unclothed, faceless woman, was repeatedly banned from Facebook websites. Accordingly, are the "Venus of Willendorf" and all her naked daughters in art history sexist? Or do such images have their justification in the sense of being human after all? Posing shows naked people - digital sketches, seismographically recorded in the process at the weekly nude drawing - posing do women and men...
Stephan Bruelhart (*1953) lives and works in Windisch, Switzerland and Berlin. With his analogue and digital art, SB playfully questions the digital age. He makes use of the almost inexhaustible pool of images that the tools, media and art history hold in store, creating a collage-like syntheses ...
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