Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now : Barbican members' view October 31, 2007
London, England EC2Y 8DS
Seduced explores the representation of sex in art through the ages. Featuring over 300 works spanning 2000 years, it brings together Roman sculptures, Indian manuscripts, Japanese prints, Chinese watercolours, Renaissance and Baroque paintings and 19th century photography with modern and contemporary art.
Seduced presents the work of around 70 artists including Nobuyoshi Araki, Francis Bacon, Jeff Koons, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt van Rijn and Andy Warhol among others. Stimulating the mind and the senses, provocative and compelling, Seduced provides the historical and cultural framework to explore the boundaries of acceptability in art. Seduced is curated by Marina Wallace, Martin Kemp and Joanne Bernstein.
Free private view 31 Oct for Barbican members
Ring box office 020 7638 8891 to book this view.
Exhibition runs 12 Oct 2007 - 27 Jan 2008
Tickets: £8/£6
Over 18s only. This exhibition contains work of a sexually explicit nature . Timed tickets. Early booking recommended
Official Website: http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=5625
Added by Debra Z on September 27, 2007