Nude Erotic Art Bog - The Naked Artist

Welcome to The Naked Artist. The blog website by Edwin IJpeij about nude and erotic art

How free do you think you really are? What is the impact of the current tech world on our freedom and liberty? Why social media and even search engines censor nude and erotic art?

On this blog website you will discover the answers on these questions. Next to that, when reading this blog you will explore much more. You will learn how I got awoken, for instance. Moreover, you wil find much more background information on the topic of nude and erotic art and related topics. Last but not least, you will also discover more about me, Edwin IJpeij.

In “The Artist Undressed”, you’ll learn more secrets about how I relate to nudity and sensuality. Amongst others, I will reveal how I work with my muses and much more. Next to that, you will read more about my artistic activities. For instance, you can discover details about my creation process, my favourite paint, brushes, inspiration and motivation.

Collective shame for nude erotic art

During working over ten years in nude and erotic art, I identified many interesting things. These are so interesting that I want to share them with you all. One topic, for example, is the feeling of shame for nudity. Maybe you didn’t know or realise, however, we are all nude below our clothes. Thus, basically we (as human beings) all have nudity in common. And isn’t it then strange that many of us collectively feel ashamed for something that we all have in common?

Aha in the sauna

I experienced a lot of the above mentioned shame. During exhibitions, people show peculiar reactions towards nudity in general. And obviously, you may expect also prudish reactions towards nude and erotic art.

But I can understand these reactions towards nudity. I was raised in a religious family and I was taught that nude is pornography. Therefore it will not surprise you that I was in first instance shocked to see so many naked people together in a sauna. But that impulsive thought was almost instantly followed by the thought “why I feel ashamed of this?” After this awakening in the sauna my relationship towards nudity changed drastically. Because I just discovered something that is just completely natural. After this experience I felt the urge to share this aha-experience through my art with you.

Nude erotic art: pure nature

Nude is thus fully natural and normal. Therefore, you can even wonder why do we not react similar towards naked trees, naked animals, naked buildings, naked landscapes, naked artists and so forth? And I will go even a step further by sharing with you interesting content related how we perceive nudity and compare this to other topics that may be more harmful to us and our kids than nudity in fact is.

Uncomfortable exhibitions

Why do I do this? During international exhibitions I discovered that many people feel uncomfortable with nude and erotic art.

For example, during the Dutch Annual Art Fair in 2017, my painting “Vanitas” got the nickname “The Buttocks”. But I received this as a big compliment because many Old Master’s paintings have nicknames. Rembrandt’s “The Nigth Watch” original title is: Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq.

As a second example, during Masters of LXRY exhibition I heard on my Venice Girl paintings: “Wow, that’s really beautiful, but not in my house!” However, this is not only about my work.

More recently, the famous Dutch family Blokker donated their collection nude paintings to museum Singer Laren. They had their collection in a part of their villa where guests generally do not come. And that had a reason: not to shock or offend visitors and kids. Probably, this was also the reason why the lady who said “beautiful but not in my house” did not consider to buy the Venice Girl artworks.

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