As a proud Jewish grandmother, NAOMI WILZIG may seem an unlikely figurehead for a museum of erotic art, but it's her welcoming face on taxi cab ads that invites visitors to
WEAM, the World Erotic Art Museum, with its collection of over 4,000 pieces - and counting.
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| JOAN MIRO, Woman |
This Sunday on the Mosaic of Art, "Miss Naomi" will "reveal all" about how her passion for collecting erotica came about. For a short preview, listen to a "
5 Minute Takeout."
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| JOHN HUL, Bettie Page |
The current show, "From Pompeii to Pinup" surveys the collection and culminates in the contemporary drawings and paintings of guest artist,
JON HUL.
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| NAOMI WILZIG and ROSEMARIE ROMERO |
Next, Naomi introduces artist
ROSEMARIE ROMERO and compares her own political stances regarding sexuality to those of her guest, whose war protest campaign takes the form of photomontages that juxtapose fashion, pornography and military images. Rosemarie describes her methods, goals and motivations.
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| DAVID TAMARGO displays KEVIN BRADY'S Shadow Sculpture of Miss Naomi |
DAVID TAMARGO, a practicing artist and assistant art director at WEAM, gives the "back stories" of several pieces, including Herman Makkink's notorious rocking sculpture from Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange, Dieter Sporleder's Kama Sutra bed and Wally Wood's playful take on the Disney pantheon. He talks through the delicate line between erotica and pornography and admiringly describes
JEFF WACK's complex process of appropriation, manipulation and juxtaposition in creating his idealized female beauties.
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| JEFF WACK, Meditation |
It's a lively hour and may inspire some artists in the audience to consider submitting their work for consideration - or to take on a new theme.
Please tune in THIS SUNDAY, 3-4pm EST for the broadcast portion of the Mosaic of Art. For a link to a WEAM slide show come to the
Next Sunday's Broadcast page.
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