LOS ANGELES—In recognition of erotica’s long and illustrious heritage, MetArt has created Erotic Art Is Art, a portal that explores the parallels between ancient, traditional and modern forms of artistic erotica.
“We hope it will serve as an enlightening reminder for anyone who believes that erotica art is somehow less worthy of our attention and admiration than other more mainstream genres,” explained MetArt’s COO, Shaun Caine.
This week MetArt Network declared it's time to celebrate erotic art as the authentic and life-affirming art form that it is. The ground-breaking company has spent more than two decades championing erotic creativity and challenging outdated notions of obscenity that have dogged this most natural genre of human self-expression.
“You can find examples of erotica in every ancient culture," Caine said. "From Paleolithic cave paintings to Egyptian scrolls, Ancient Greek ceramics, wall paintings in Pompeii, Japanese woodblocks, Indian temple statues—depictions of physical love and sexuality have always been treasured and even worshipped for what they say about humanity."
Caine continued, “Erotic art is not just intended to arouse; it can be beautiful, moving, inspiring and instructive. It’s sad that in the past century our innate appreciation of erotica has been overlaid by a sense of embarrassment and shame invoked by those prudish few who can’t see it for what it is – a form of art to be valued like any other.”
As modes of artistic expression have evolved through sculpture, drawing and painting to photography and video, erotica has often been at the forefront of creativity, pushing the boundaries of art while paying homage to its origins. For revered masters of their craft like Titian, Picasso and Degas to more contemporary names such as Mapplethorpe, Kroll and Newton, nudity and sexuality have been an inexhaustible source of artistic inspiration.
For more information on MetArt's Erotic Art Is Art portal, contact VP of Marketing Adam Scheuer at [email protected].
