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Photographers of Perth Dare to Bare

The nude has been a mainstay in art for millennia - from the earliest rock paintings, the sculptures of the ancient Greece and Rome; Michaelangelo and da Vinci's works in the Italian Renaissance and Ruben's voluptuous nudes from the Baroque, to the confronting and often ground-breaking works by the likes of Lucien Freud and Robert Mapplethorpe in the 20th century.

In photography, as much as in any art form, the nude often takes the position of the passive, static subject, the object to be seen, examined, admired, in stark contrast to the photographer's (and by default, the viewer's) more active role in composing the subject within the frame in order to create the image.

Featuring the creative photography of members of the \"Photographers in Perth\" (PIP) community, the photographs in Dare to Bare explore a range of ideas, emotions and questions through the representation of the nude human form. More than just pictures of people without clothing, Dare to Bare is an exhibition of photographs that are profound, emotional, beautiful, funny, wry and oddball.

Through interplay of pose, lighting, framing, props and even motion blur, these photographers use the nude figure to draw our emotions or raise questions about their subjects. The title itself is symbolic of this theme: in these images, the photographers have dared to bare more than just the exposed skin of their subjects; the images reveal the complex web of emotions inherent in the human condition and challenge us to confront them.

Most images in the exhibition will be available for sale. A price list will be available at the exhibition, and one will also be released on the exhibition website once the exhibition launches.

Dare to Bare is on exhibition at the Kurb Gallery, 310 William Street, Perth, from Sunday July 15 to Friday July 27. The gallery is open everyday during the exhibition. For gallery hours and more information about the exhibition, please visit: www.daretobare.net