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Our exclusive online exhibition Interpreting the Human Form presents how the idea of an ideal beauty is perceived and interpreted by some of the most important artistic figures of the 20th and 21st Century.
Press Release
Throughout the ages, painters, sculptors and photographers have endlessly been inspired by the human body. Traditionally artists looked to the human form as an expression of beauty, sexuality and symbolism depicting the body with realism. In the twentieth century, the artist's creative and constant inquisitiveness enabled them to explore and seek a new measure of aesthetics through the interpretation of human shapes and forms, allowing them a greater sense of spontaneity and freedom from the use of traditional materials or realism.
