LET CLICHES FLY OUT THE WINDOW
Certain exhibitions just bowl you over. And this one did. In French «Le Corps Découvert». I would translate that as «The Discovery of a body». Why do I add the «a» ? For decades, since the beginning of time as far as I’m concerned, the expression of nudity in a Arab community has been a taboo. I should add that it is not only in an Arab world. All groups have been hostile to nudism in one way or another. Homosexuality, as far as I know, still means the death penalty. Yet I have visited many Arab countries and have never ceased to be amazed by the sensuality that exists between men. Hand in hand, arm in arm, hugging, kissing...many physical displays of affection that would be frowned on even today in some European countries. I have not seen the same affection or love as such between and Arab man and woman. In some countries the women, especially the young women are as outgoing as our own. In others, scarfs, Hijab and Burqa are the order of the day. This exhibition with over 70 artists