Collection(s) : Styles and design
Paru le 30/03/2022 | Relié sous jaquette 141 pages
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foreword Pierre Passebon | translated from the French by Barbara Mellor
From the idealized nude heroes of aNcient Greece to the confrontational frontal nudes of the 1970s and the intimate and sensual hyper-realistic nudes painted by French artist Jacques Sultana, the infinite possibilities to represent the naked male body have fascinated collector Pierre Passebon for decades.
This book celebrates a powerful, revolutionary, and sometimes controversial selection of artworks depicting the male nude from Passebon's outstanding personal collection of painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, and drawings, challenging taboos surrounding male eroticism and inviting the reader to reassess notions of male identity end normative views of the human body.
Pierre Passebon is a collector and founder of the Galerie du Passage in Paris.
Florent Barbarossa is an independent auctioneer and expert in male nudes in art. He has organized the « Masculin/Masculin » auctions at Hôtel drouot, Paris, since 2014.