THE NAKED TRUTH GOES WEST- LOS ANGELES

Photo- Tierney Gearon from The Explosure Series

After a good running and respectable reviews and sales in NYC , The Naked Truth is going West!

Opening July 22, 2010 , The Naked Truth West- Los Angeles will feature a selection of the artists shown in NYC with a twist and addition of the West Coast Local Area artists.

Start Time:
Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 6:00pm
End Time:
Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 5:00pm
Location:
hous projects Gallery - Pacific Design Center 8687 Melrose Avenue, Suite B222 West Hollywood, CA 90069 310 294 8577


HERE IS THE WEST COAST ARTIST SELECTION so far...(it is never over for me till the last minute! )

MONA KUHN
LARRY CLARK
ALINE SMITHSON
TIERNEY GEARON
JOB PISTON
RENEE JACOBS
ANTHONY KURTZ
CARLO VAN DER ROER
LACEY TERRELL
JESSE FINLEY REED
STEVE DIET GOEDDE
HELMUT NEWTON

NYC ARTISTS SELECTION IS:

BERT STERN
SUSAN MEISELAS
MARLA RUTHERFORD
NATASHA GORNIK
CHAD STATES
WILL STEACY
PHIL TOLEDANO
DAVID LA CHAPELLE
LUKE SMALLEY
JOHN ARSENAULT
JULIANA BEASLEY
JOSH QUIGLEY
AMY ELKINS
AARON LEE FINEMAN
ZACH HYMAN
CARRIE SCHALTZ
JAIME PERMOUTH
GUILLERMO RIVEROS

VIDEO BY:

GERARD FORSTER
PIERRE ST. JACQUES


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The Naked Truth- Review

Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern from ''The Last Sitting '' series

Here is a review of The Naked Truth .

By Janine Noelle

Currently on exhibition at hous projects is The Naked Truth, curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel. The show presents us with a reflection of the progression of sex and sexuality within the past half century. Flowing through the conceptions around sex, then to the act of it and back again to the desires behind sex, Ruben uses a collection of works by 28 artists to convey to the public what sex was, is, and may be becoming,
The show opens with two works by Bert Stern of Marylyn Monroe. In these images she is playing and seeming unaware of her nudity. What we are being given is the ideal of romance and sexuality in an angelic manner. The works then progresses into the ‘70s and ‘80s with images that allude to the lust for sex and the desire of the body.
Succeeding to the ‘90s, with images by Susan Meiselas and Juliana Beasley, we are introduced to the pursuit of sex through monetary uses. Beasley image depicts her at a time when she was a professional stripper named “Nico”; Meiselas work illustrates a man sitting, waiting at an “adult” lounge.
And with that we enter the new era in sex, which embraces fetishism and voyeurism, the pursuit of sex, and sex as a freedom. We see this in Will Steacy’s work of a movie theatre advertising XXX films; Marla Rutherford’s fetish girls in costume; Phil Toledano’s image entitled “Emma” where we are shown a woman works as a phone sex operator and loves her work.
On the other side of this we see sex as a different type of freedom. There are photographs by Chad States and Naomi Harris whose works display sexual acts being carried out in public settings.
Finally the show leads us what sex is becoming. In Jen Davis’ works she gives us with three diptychs of herself web chatting with a man and we are seeing technology, specifically the internet, as a key player in fulfilling one’s sexual fantasies.
The exhibition’s curatorial process develops the notions of sexual desire in an array of concepts without forcing anything on the viewer.
When it comes right down to it, sex can be the most abstract thing. No one shares the same desires.

THE NAKED TRUTH - OPENS TONIGHT!

Shelley- by Zach Hyman and Carrie Shaltz

Tonight -Opening of The Naked Truth!

THE NAKED TRUTH- Curated by Ruben Natal- San Miguel. Opening May 13, 2010@ hous projects gallery in Soho, NYC. A photographic and video visual survey of 50 years of Voyeurism, Nudity and Sex.From Bert Stern's Marilyn Monroe 1962''Last Sitting'' to the 2010 Jen Davis- Skype/Webcam series.

Photography by:
Bert Stern
Robert Mapplethorpe
Helmut Newton
Susan Meiselas
Nan Goldin
David Wojnarowicz
Herb Ritts
Mark Fields
Duane Michals
Marla Rutherford
Natasha Gornik
Chad States
Will Steacy
Naomi Harris
Terri Richardson
Ryan McGinley
Marilyn Minter
Phil Toledano
David La Chapelle
Luke Smalley
John Arsenault
Juliana Beasley
Amy Elkins
Josh Qiugley
Aaron Lee Fineman
Zach Hyman
Carrie Shaltz
Jaime Permuth
Guillermo Riveros
Jen Davis

Video by:
Gerard Forster
Pierre St. Jacques

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OPENING NIGHT -6:30-10:30PM -OPEN LATE!

...Just in time for warmer weather and less clothes....

THE NAKED TRUTH- SAVE THE DATE -OPENING 5/13/10

The Naked Truth

Curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel

A photographic and video survey of voyerism, nudity and sex from the last 50 years.

hous projects Gallery

31 Howard St Snd Floor

SoHo, NYC.

Final artist list , official invite and a tease preview of some of the art works coming up this week...hot!

In the meantime here is Madonna again inspiring , seducing and reading my mind...

Enjoy the Erotica video by Madonna and see you @ the opening!

THE NAKED TRUTH- SAVE THE DATE -OPENING 5/13/10

THE NAKED TRUTH - Curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel -Opening May 13, 2010 @ hous projects gallery . Nudity, Voyerism and Sex. You think this is risque...wait for the show. More coming soon. Enjoy the video...!