Aubrey Beardley (corpus)

I noticed while perusing through my copy of Foucault for Beginners that there are several illustrations using Aubrey Beardsley's work. He is one of my favorite artists, and does some very interesting work- most of which deals with bodies. By that I mean- not just portraiture, but sex and sexuality.

Wikipedia says "Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (August 21, 1872 – March 16, 1898) was an influential English illustrator, and author, best known for his erotic illustrations."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_Beardsley

I would be interested to hear other's thoughts on his work and how this could relate to what Foucault has said about the abundance of discourses on sex and sexuality. Does art count as a discourse? I would say that it does.

http://www.loyno.edu/history/journal/1992-3/smith-e.htm

another interesting site about Aubrey Beardsley.

Submitted by Kendall on Thu, 10/04/2007 - 6:09pm. Kendall's blog | login or register to post comments | printer friendly version