Vintage Asian Bondage

 

Asian rope bondage hanging woman

 

Asian straps

 

Asia Hemp

 

Raw

 

Courtesy of Master Sugiuranorio

 

FIT TO BE TIED" Rope work by MaillerPhong

 

Japanese Bondage - Shibari

 

Nude asian beauty combing hair

Paul Gauguin: Homage

Kneeling Asian Nude on Chair

Art Nude Photo Book Published in Vietnam - 12-2007

First nude photo book published in Vietnam 24/12/2007 (VietnamNet News) The cover of Spring Time photo book VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Arts Publishing House released “Xuan thi” (Spring Time) today, a collection of 71 nude photos by Thai Phien. This is the first time Vietnam has published a nude photo book. First nude photo exhibition to come soon The bilingual, Vietnam-English book is a collection of nude photos taken over the past 15 years by Thai Phien as well as 20 articles written by the photographer.... The book was released without a gaudy celebration or launching ceremony; instead appearing quietly, in the spirit of the photographer. Thai Phien is happy to publish his book but doesn’t hide his melancholy: “My passion for nude art urges me to venture, despite unexpected misfortune which can fall on my head anytime. I’m a follower and silent appreciator of the beauty of soul and body that the Creator grants to women. I’m a love-bird, who devotes himself to honoring that beauty…” Spring Time is distributed by Fahasa and sells for VND170,000. It is now available at the HCM City Photographers’ Association bookshop at 122 Suong Nguyet Anh, District 1, HCM City and Dien Dam Gallery, 4B Dinh Liet, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. The Hanoi Department of Culture and Information licensed Thai Phien to organize a nude photo exhibition in late November 2007, which was then postponed to Jan 1 2008. Thai Phien hasn’t yet received the Hanoi Department of Culture and Information’s extension license for a later show but says he will bring his photos to Hanoi late this December to wait for the license. This is the first nude photo exhibition to be licensed in Hanoi, in fact, the whole country. Recently, the HCM City Department of Culture and Information refused to grant him a license, reasoning that nude photos are unsuitable to the customs and tradition of Vietnam. Nude photos have been sparsely displayed in exhibitions and sent to photo contests before but never win significant prizes. Phien’s licensing is considered an artistic victory. (Source: VNE)

Chinese Folk Art is no longer 'Quaint'

Is it globalization and open access to communication that is changing cultural stereotypes or is it the reverse: Such a question was raised by Marshal McLuhan in 1960 in his book Understanding Media. It's doubtful many people nowadays under the age of 25 know who McLuhan was, but his ideas are apt. Note this new twist on Chinese folk art that was featured at the Hunan Folk Art fair:

Korean Nudes: The Commercial and the Artistic?

One photo has been condemned because it features one of Korea's prima ballerina's. The other is a typical commercial nude that seems to have passed the censor's judgment. South Korea seems to be on the verge of a 'art nude photo' breakout; it's not likely it's Northern 'neighbor' will do so any time soon. I wonder if this is sort of free expressoin that the U.S. is protecting on the 49th parallel.? It sure is a lot more reasonable than what our troops are purportedly protecting elsewhere in the world.

A Different Chinese Revolution

The world may be fearful of China because it is contributing to the scarcity of useable energy sources and fearful because of its trade policies, but within China, the individual is now acknowledged as a 'site' of being as in no other time in its history. One 'pioneer' in the social realm has been a scholar/artist who has made the study of the nude prominent. There have been previous attempts at defying public doctrine as this photo from 1937--Published in a Shanghai newspaper--attests.