Is nude art offensive?

I think it's beautiful and just because beauty can be found in the nude form does not mean it's sexual assault. I fail to see who's being assaulted.
I get offended by modern art, and think it's tasteless. Doesn't mean they should stop making it.
Let the people that enjoy and appreciate art enjoy and appreciate their art.

Art, like poetry, has been defined since Wordsworth as "emotion recollected in tranquility". Many years ago I visited NYC and saw John Waters' "Pink Flamingos" for the first time. It was disgusting, hilarious, and like nothing I'd ever seen before. Watching it, I had a visceral (emotional) reaction. Because of my response to what, I believe, was the director's intention, I consider this art. I'll explain:

On the same trip I visited New York's Museum of Modern Art. There, among many modern masters, I saw a huge orange canvas, apparently painted with a roller (as you would a wall) framed, undoubtedly purchased for a large sum of money and given further legitimacy by being hung with this collection. I was outraged.

Some wealthy dillettante wanting to showcase their hipness to rich friends with the art fad de jour had actually bought this thing. That's fine, but some MOMA curator was stupid enough to hang it beside "real" art!

I thought about that for days...then thought about my reaction to the revolting John Waters film. It was a revelation. If That orange canvas could provoke such a visceral response in me; then it, by definition, was art. The guy who painted that thing left me with an indelible feeling. His ridiculous piece evoked emotion I feel to this day. Wordsworth's sentiment is equally valid applied to erotic creations, as well.

Every gut-churning, disturbing image certainly isn't art. But, taking the artist's intent into account, images, words, performances, (beautiful or disgusting), that elicit a visceral response from the viewer should be seen as legitimate art. If the artist wanted you to be enraptured, if the artist wanted you to get sexually aroused or even recoil screaming; if you felt that: they were successful.

I agree with Lensman2000's very well put response, but regardless of the artist's intended reaction, there are "artworks" that I do not personally consider art...just trash/garbage no matter what the rest of the world says it is. However...nudity in art does not bother me in the slightest. Isadora Duncan said it best I think, that "the noblest form of art is the nude". I think that can apply to drawing/painting, sculpture, photography, dance, performance, and so on, even if it is erotic in nature. I personally think it can be and often is carried much too far, that "pushing the envelope" pushes it out of the category of art but that is only my personal take on it. I see nothing at all wrong with what you have presented here in your post. it is a sensual, erotic, beautiful piece.

If they’re feeling “offended” then good. Art is suppose to make you feel, whether it’s good or bad.

Nude art does not offend me. Maybe it is because I have posed nude for a female photographer. A complete role reversal.

In 2019 everything is offensive And everyone get offended easily every day!! 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤯🤣

Offensive? No. It's pretty gross and unpleasant but it's not offensive. Like it doesn't upset or anger me. I just think it's ugly.

Someone is always going to get offended... They need to grow up

It’s rather erotic, and more provoking than classical nude art. I quite like it though.

It doesn’t feel like pornography to me but I am a male. I can see women not being comfortable with it though.
Art affects us at our deepest emotional levels and who knows what can provoke someone to feel violated.

Art can't commit sexual abuse. These people are the ones that say the Mona Lisa has cleavage and then color it in with a black marker. Also they sound sexist as they are basing their "comfort" on gender. The art is not going to come to life and assault these people. Shhhesh.

Beautifully said.

Lost control n lost mind 😍😍

Sensuous ... Rather nice actually ... And people will always get offended over something... Think about all the stone dicks that have been removed from all those statutes of cherubs in the Vatican

Getting offended these days is like phobias, it doesn't have to make sense. That looks pretty interesting nothing offensive about artists trying to express themselves.

So soft and sensual at the same time .
Thank you for sharing with us.

Yeah, i legit don't know anyone that would find that offensive.

But really? "Lost Control" with a guy over a woman? I can see why some people might interpret it in a weird way, not gonna lie.


But honestly, women have worse things to worry about than shitty art. Women are actually being sexually abused and hurt, and that ain't art, lol.

nude artwork or nude can be artfull,too many people has perverted it and ruined it,,,,,,

Sorry...I can't stand to let it go...

"Does nude art OFFEND" or "IS nude art offensive".

Some people just want to be offended, they'll find offense anywhere.

Beautiful Not Offensive some people need to stop being prudes

I think this is definitely artistic, o don't see how it could be offensive

What site is that?

Beautiful

this is rather good

Nope. It excites me.

I guess I can see how more finicky people could consider this an objectification of a woman, but I believe that is a stretch. There are certainly ways to frame nudity in either artistic or objectified manners. But I feel like there are those that are biased too strongly in either direction and don't see room for how someone else might view it differently. If nothing else, the fact that people argue over which category it falls into makes an even stronger case for being art.