This Exhibition of ‘Nude’ celebrates the Naked Body Through a Female Lens. The seven of the artists whose work is featured in the exhibition speak to Another about their approach to the nude. 

‘Nude’

11 Feb – 1 May
Fotografiska New York from

Offering a fresh new perspective on the nude, a new exhibition that investigates the body through the lens of 30 female-identifying artists from around the world, each of who have photographed the body in beautiful, disruptive, and experimental ways.

Arvida Byström

‘I am showing a version of my Cherry-Picking show which is a mix of still lives and selfies. Still, lives were previously seen to be a more suitable art form for women because they didn’t require nude studies. Selfies are also an art form that is considered to be feminized and lowbrow. The show also features a photo of my friend Adam Pettersson’s bum and balls through Lazoschmidl underwear and with a cherry on top. It is a photo that I love but is very hard to post on the big online platforms, so I am very happy to be able to show it to a wide audience at Fotografiska.’

Bettina Pittaluga

‘In my work, I approach nudity through physical intimacy. It can be revealed by being in someone’s personal space or bonding through physical contact – by ‘skinship’. What interests me in nudity, from a pictorial and emotional point of view, is the expression of the skin. It involves the other senses because it is impossible not to see, hear and smell people when you are close enough to touch them.’

Denisse Ariana Pérez

‘The works portrayed in the Nude exhibition are all from my ongoing series Agua which explores the interaction of people and water. I believe that water can disarm even the most armed of facades that becoming one with water allows us to connect to our true essence. The selection for this exhibition only focuses on my portrayal of men. With my work, I try to disarm and dismantle traditional notions of masculinity, facades of masculinity, especially of brown and Black men.’

Julia SH

‘The exhibition features a few images from my Studio Practice series, which was made possible by my long-term collaborator and model Angelina Duplisea and two of her wonderful friends, who submitted to hours of being body painted by makeup artist Sara Tagaloa to become human sculptures. My models were then framed as works of art in a museum, in the hope that the viewer will suspend any judgments about whether they find the models sexually attractive or not, or whether their bodies are socially acceptable.’

Lina Scheynius

‘All my works in the exhibition are from my ongoing diary series. I started it 15 years ago when I decided to document my life and share it with an audience. The images mean the world to me. They are personal and raw and feature portraits of friends, myself, and people close to me. Like pages from a diary.’

Luo Yang

‘These pictures are moments with girls who have touched me greatly. Mao Er is a girl I met when traveling in Chengdu years ago. I was with her in her apartment when I took her photo, she was smoking and calmy staring at the loud market downstairs, watching people coming and going on the street. Wang Yanyun has been my friend for many years. The picture of her was taken when she just got out of a marriage and became pregnant. It was a new stage of her life so I wanted to record that moment for her. Lastly, Mei Ling’s photo was taken in a hutong courtyard in Beijing. She possesses a very strong and fearless power. I try to present female power in a way that’s direct and pure: the authentic and primitive feminine state.’

Momo Okabe

‘My featured works are the things I have seen. They are human experiences. I always only want to know the truth, and I find beauty there. These photographs are beautiful as a form of documentary, and they are my origins. I believe you must be female to truly capture the nude. This is because women can transcend desire and embrace the subject through a motherly, God-like view. I believe you can shoot anything if you are committed, so, I shoot.’