Born in Valencia (Spain), in 1980, Gustavo Silva Nuñez has participated in around 40 solo and group exhibitions in his home country and abroad.
Nude | Contemporary art
The depiction of nudity in art has a long history, dating back to ancient times where it often symbolized fertility and was associated with religious beliefs. Ancient Greece particularly embraced the nude as a symbol of ideal beauty. Nudity is not meaningless nor does it always mean the same thing. The nude figure in art has generally reflected, with few exceptions, social standards of aesthetics as well as morality of the certain time period. While nudity in art can be associated with eroticism, it has also reflected social and moral standards of the time. Erotic art has existed in various forms across civilizations, with some cultures incorporating it into spiritual beliefs and others reflecting cultural practices. See also subcategory: sensual art and erotic art.
Valeri Tsvetkov is a professional artist from Bulgaria. In 1990 he completed the education at the National Academy of Arts, Sofia and since then he is concerned with painting. He always liked to make his paintings hyperrealistic. Concretness in the shapes, pedantism in the details are typical for his paintings.
Creative activity of Alexey Golovin, whose range of interests in art is wholly determined by the classical tradition, to our mind, serves as a good illustration to the above considerations.
Kostiantyn Shyptia believes that paintings are a window into another reality. The Ukrainian artist, born in 1975, wants to portray human feelings, desires, and inner aspirations in his works.
” Born some 28 years ago with a great passion, rather than talent for art. But becoming acquainted from the age of 10 with the work of artists such as Boris Vallejo and Luis Royo got me obsessed with figurative art.
She was born in the center of Siberia, in the city of Krasnoyarsk in 1984. From early childhood, she wanted to be an artist, so as soon as she was 8 years old, her parents sent her to a children’s art school. She graduated after 5 years with honors.
Pascale Taurua is a painter born in 1961, in the French Polynesia. Pascale’s father was a carpenter, so she had access from an early age to different materials, which influenced her to start making her first creations.
Sergio Martínez Cifuentes, hyperrealist painter, was born in 1966 in Santiago de Chile. In 1987 he married Lizeth, with whom he made the first portraits and nudes, meeting the human figure, as a new challenge.
Steve Hanks (1949 – 2015) was active/lived in New Mexico, California. Steve Hanks is known for Female figure painting, animal and interiors. Few artists could duplicate the emotional depth Steve Hanks achieved in his spectacular watercolors.
Karol Bak was born on 30 May 1961 in Koło in the Wielkopolska Region. He graduated from the Fine Arts High School of Poznań with a degree in Interior Exhibition Arrangement. His erotic paintings carry the observer into hidden dimensions.