THE AHLEN ART MUSEUM, BERLIN, WILL BE PRESENTING A SPECIAL EXHIBITION ENTITLED 'INTIMACY! BATHING IN ART'. IN THE UNIQUE EXHIBIT THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS, CONTEXTUAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND ESPECIALLY THE ARTISTIC REFLECTIONS OF THE TOPIC OF BATHING. IN THE EXHIBIT, 140 WORKS BY 90 ARTISTS WILL BE PRESENTED, INCLUDING PIERRE BONNARD, LOUISE BOURGEOIS, WILLIAM N COPLEY, EDGAR DEGAS, DAVID HOCKNEY AMONG OTHERS. THE ARTWORKS SPAN FROM THE LATE MIDDLE AGES TO CONTEMPORARY ART AND COME FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES SUCH AS GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, FINLAND, AND THE US. THE EXHIBITION WILL INCLUDE OIL PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, PRINTS, SCULPTURES, PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOS AND INSTALLATIONS.
FAMOUS STORIES FROM THE BIBLE AND ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY ARE ENTWINED WITH THE MOTIF OF BATHING, SUCH AS SUSANNA IN THE BATH THE BIBLICAL BATHSHEBA, OR THE ROMAN GODDESS OF THE HUNT, DIANA. MOMENTS OF FORBIDDEN VIEWING AND OF SECRETIVE DISCOVERY PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE. SINCE DURER, PROFANE BATHING SCENES OFFERED THE ARTIST THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTEMPLATE AND DEPICT THE OTHERWISE CONCEALED FEMALE BODY. IN MODERN ART, ARTISTS CHALLENGE THE PRESENT CONCEPTIONS OF BEAUTY AND MORALITY. THE INTIMACY OF THE ABSENTMINDED PREOCCUPATION WITH THE BATHING BODY LEADS ONE TO TURN INWARD AND ALLOWS ONE TO REFLECT ABOUT ONE'S OWN TRANSIENCE AND MORTALITY. NUDITY'S ABSENCE OF PROTECTION HAS ALSO FOUND ITS WAY INTO ARTWORK, WHICH VISUALIZE THE CROSSING OF BORDERS AND BREAKING TABOOS.
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