Eroticism in art, in culture, in tradition

The exhibition, of a museological character, consists of a collection of artistic expressions whose theme is eroticism in accordance with the culture and tradition of the peoples in their different historical contexts.Thus, starting with the crystal phallic amulets of the Luta homosexual tribe (2000 b.C., border between Iraq and Syria), the exhibition develops from the Etruscan and Roman art to the Belle Epoque, where artistic eroticism reaches its highest splendour. Seduction, with particular attention to the iconography and to all the instruments of seduction that permitted ladies to offer the best of their beauty. Love, with its gallant expressions and passion with erotic works of art. The exhibition is composed of about five hundred pieces among objects, sculptures, ceramics, bronzes, miniatures, slides, photographs, books and curiosities. Reading material is divided into sections: eroticism in ancient art, in modern art (since the beginning of the XIX Century), in publicity, in drawings, in images, in underwear. Currently, eroticism is omnipresent and constitutes, since the beginning of time, the “symbol” of the free society.

There have always been erotic representations, often clandestine, as the images and objects presented in this exhibition witness. They cause laughter, or smiles, scandalise or induce reflection. They excite or display a vital sexual power: they have multiple functions. There is no artistic genre where eroticism is completely absent, whether in the figurative arts or in photography or in the movies.

We are left with the impression that there was, alongside the official culture, another parallel culture, more discreet. We are therefore dealing with the study of the erotic traditions of the most varied civilisations throughout the centuries.

Technical details:

Each exhibition requires a covered area of at least 200/250 sm. with the possibility of connecting to several power plugs. It is also necessary to hang about 80 pictures (engravings, framed prints, and oil-paintings).

The exhibition consists of:

- 40 lit glass-cases of different size for the objects

- 15 self-assembling partition panels with photos of the early twentieth century.

- 1 decorated bath coming from a Bologna brothel

- 14 show-cases

- 1 self-satisfaction machine

It takes three days to install and three days to dismantle this exhibition.

This exhibition has already been in:

Prato (Italy) – Centro Culturale Magazine

Riccione (Italy) – Private area

S. Angelo in Vado (Italy) – Municipal area

Milan (Italy) – Torre della Pusterla

Toledo (Spain) – Museum

Benidorm (Spain) – Museo de Cera

Óbidos (Portugal) - Solar da Praça de S. Maria

Marbella (Spagna) - Museo

Madrid ( Spagna ) - Museo