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Imaginary Curator: The Nude

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TONY GUM, Milked in Africa - Half full, half empty, 2016

TONY GUM, Milked in Africa – Half full, half empty, 2016.

thanks so much for your enthusiastic response to my first Imaginary Curator post! today’s “show” is all about THE NUDE. i want to save these bums as my desktop background in case someone is ever spying on me working at some cafe. i can just imagine them squinting, trying to make out what exactly the image is… and then the realisation suddenly dawning.

i’m kicking off with South African artist Tony Gum (above), who kind of exploded onto the local art scene last year (and was subsequently featured on Vogue.com). i saw her latest prints at the Cape Town Art Fair last month, and they are as gorgeous in person as they are on screen. keep an eye on this girl.

all images courtesy of Artsy, except for Vincent Mahe.

DAVID HOCKNEY, Study of L.A., Paris, 1975
DAVID HOCKNEY, Study of L.A., Paris, 1975
TOM WESSELMANN, Judy Reaching Over the Table, ca. 1997
TOM WESSELMANN, Judy Reaching Over the Table, ca. 1997
NATHAN OLIVEIRA, Santa Fe Nudes #78, 1999
NATHAN OLIVEIRA, Santa Fe Nudes #78, 1999
SARAH AWAD, Seated Woman II, 2014
SARAH AWAD, Seated Woman II, 2014
ROBERT FARBER, Four Behinds, 1979
ROBERT FARBER, Four Behinds, 1979
MIT SENOJ, Pensive II, 2015
MIT SENOJ, Pensive II, 2015
ALEXA GUARIGLIA, Jane, 2014
ALEXA GUARIGLIA, Jane, 2014
GARY HUME, Bikini Print, 2010
GARY HUME, Bikini Print, 2010
AMERICA MARTIN, Woman in Blue, Cream and Black, 2015
AMERICA MARTIN, Woman in Blue, Cream and Black, 2015
LINA SCHEYNIUS, Untitled (Diary), 2012
LINA SCHEYNIUS, Untitled (Diary), 2012
IVOR ABRAHAMS, Naiades Series (4 parts), 1980
IVOR ABRAHAMS, Naiades Series (4 parts), 1980
BETSY PODLACH, Afternoon Nap
BETSY PODLACH, Afternoon Nap
Vincent Mahe, Chambre
Vincent Mahe, Chambre
BRADLEY THEODORE, The Walls, 2015
BRADLEY THEODORE, The Walls, 2015
MALCOLM T. LIEPKE, Tiny Dancer, 2015
MALCOLM T. LIEPKE, Tiny Dancer, 2015
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  7. Marion Edmunds Reply

    Dear Miss Moss,
    I produce profiles for CNN’s African Voices, from Cape Town.
    I have been asked to follow up on correspondence suggesting you as a potential profile. I am unsure how far you are in your pregnancy and whether this will be a problem or not at this stage – so I am checking in and seeing if you want to take the conversation further!
    Kind regards
    Marion Edmunds

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