David HAMILTON (1933-2016)
Female nude, Dutch beauty, 1982.
Photograph. Silver print 2003, signed in ink under the image, signed, dated and numbered 1/10 in ink and stamped by the author on the back. Framed.
Image 29,5 x 22,5 cm ; sheet 40,5 x 30,5 cm ;
frame 65 x 55 cm
The questions of pornography will always be present around this type of work. Whether you are on the side of the critique, labeling Hamilton’s work as pornography, even child pornography – or you are on the side of the admirers, who claim the artist introduced new standards of beauty and allowed the viewers to see nude female figure in a different way than those provided by the magazines like Playboy. One thing is for certain, David Hamilton’s work has left none indifferent.