Nude Artworks

Works devoted to the nude occupy a fundamental place in the history of art, serving as a territory for exploring the human body in all its formal and symbolic diversity. A central subject since ancient Greece, where the representation of the idealized body constituted the very foundation of sculptural and pictorial practice, the nude has traversed the centuries, constantly reinventing itself in response to the sensibilities and questions specific to each era.

From Titian to Courbet, from Modigliani to Lucian Freud, each generation of artists has negotiated differently the aesthetic, moral, and political issues attached to the representation of the naked body, oscillating between idealization and crudity, sensuality and detachment, celebration and critique.

In contemporary art, the nude breaks free from academic conventions to explore much broader territories, where the body becomes a fully-fledged visual language, capable of conveying narratives about identity, gender, desire, and human vulnerability. Painting, sculpture, photography, and publishing offer a wealth of different perspectives on this inexhaustible subject, each medium bringing its own sensory and expressive qualities to the representation of the body.

On Artsper, this selection brings together contemporary works that explore the nude through diverse approaches and aesthetics, demonstrating the enduring vitality of a subject central to the history of art and the human condition.

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Painting, Amour masqué, PatMoli

PatMoli

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Sculpture, Harmonie, Yves Pires

Yves Pires

Sculpture . 39 x 31 x 27 cm Sculpture . 15.4 x 12.2 x 10.6 inch

€7,900

Sculpture, Bronze torso, Ohad Ben-Ayala

Ohad Ben-Ayala

Sculpture . 19 x 6 x 7 cm Sculpture . 7.5 x 2.4 x 2.8 inch

€820

Sculpture, Coolfoot 50, Idan Zareski

Idan Zareski

Sculpture . 26 x 50 x 19 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 19.7 x 7.5 inch

€7,500

Sculpture, Ondine, Reno

Reno

Sculpture . 114 x 45 x 53 cm Sculpture . 44.9 x 17.7 x 20.9 inch

€7,500

Painting, Red dance, PatMoli

PatMoli

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Sculpture, Danseuse, PatMoli

PatMoli

Sculpture . 200 x 47 x 40 cm Sculpture . 78.7 x 18.5 x 15.7 inch

€8,000

Sculpture, Janus III, Erik Ebeling

Erik Ebeling

Sculpture . 18 x 8 x 7 cm Sculpture . 7.1 x 3.1 x 2.8 inch

€190

Sculpture, La Louve, Lionel le Jeune

Lionel le Jeune

Sculpture . 30 x 6 x 4 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 2.4 x 1.6 inch

€450 €405

Painting, Coronavitruve, PatMoli

PatMoli

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,300

Sculpture, Fluid amber, Constantin Ford

Constantin Ford

Sculpture . 60.96 x 17.78 x 20.32 cm Sculpture . 24 x 7 x 8 inch

€12,650

Sculpture, Epicure, Michèle Chast

Michèle Chast

Sculpture . 14 x 22 x 40 cm Sculpture . 5.5 x 8.7 x 15.7 inch

€5,000

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