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Radio 3,24 Feb 2012,15 mins

SeriesAn Informal History of the Male Nude

Sarah Kent

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In the fifth and final essay in the series, Men Only, the critic Sarah Kent contemplates the place of the male nude in contemporary art. She examines the differing approaches adopted by male and female artists and ranges from the photography of Robert Mapplethorpe to Sam Taylor-Wood's video of David Beckham . Producer: Zahid Warley First broadcast in February 2012.

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