Dare to Bare
Summary
An upcoming exhibition by the members of the Photographers in Perth, Flickr group. Dare to Bare is also the first exhibition to involve a large cross section of this online community with many exhibiting for the very first time.
The exhibition will run from July 14 to July 27, 2007 at the KURB Gallery in Northbridge. Further details of this exhibition can be found on the website at: http://daretobare.net
About the Exhibition
The nude has been a mainstay in art for millennia - from the earliest rock paintings, the sculptures of the ancient Greece and Rome; Michaelangelo and da Vinci’s works in the Italian Renaissance and Ruben’s voluptuous nudes from the Baroque, to the confronting and often ground-breaking works by the likes of Lucien Freud and Robert Mapplethorpe in the 20th century.
In photography, as much as in any art form, the nude often takes the position of the passive, static subject, the object to be seen, examined, admired, in stark contrast to the photographer’s (and by default, the viewer’s) more active role in composing the subject within the frame in order to create the image.
In Dare to Bare, Photographers in Perth members are challenged to photograph the nude (whether self-portraiture or a model) in ways that present the nude as more than just a passive object or a bared body. Through interplay of pose, lighting, framing, props and even motion blur, these photographers use the nude figure to draw our emotions or raise questions about their subjects. The title itself is symbolic of this theme: in these images, the photographers have dared to bare more than just the exposed skin of their subjects; the images reveal the complex web of emotions inherent in the human condition and challenge us to confront them.
Dare to Bare is a photographic exhibition of 25+ photographs by more than a dozen photographers. The exhibition will be held at the KURB Gallery within the heart of Northbridge, surrounded by cafes, restaurants, bars, all a part of a diverse, multicultural community.
Some images in the exhibition will be available for sale.