ROSEMARY PONNEKANTI Staff Writer :: Friday, 27 February 2015 If ever an art show didn’t need a subtitle, it’s “Bare.” Sure, there’s a lot of flesh in B2 Gallery’s latest group show, but it’s not all straight out of the boudoir, in the traditional, lace negligee sense of the word. Cerebral adoration, doughy sadness, mystical shadows, fierce athleticism, even ironic porn, yes — but if you go looking for cheap thrills, you’ll get your expectations blown out of the water by artists of the caliber of Guy Anderson, Paul Dahlquist and Francisco Zuniga, who use nudity to bare the human...

ALEC CLAYTON Staff Writer :: Monday, 09 February 2015 Maybe I shouldn't review this latest show at B2 Fine Art because I am in the show, but not reviewing it would not be fair to the gallery or the other participating artists. So I won't mention my own work other than to say it is an honor to be included in a show with artists of such stature. Read more...

Dave R. Davison Wednesday, 4 February 2015 The nude has been a feature of art ever since the creation of “fertility goddess” figurines in Neolithic times. For the Greeks, the nude was the embodiment of divine perfection. For the artists of the Renaissance, the nude became a means to express emotion and energy. From thence artists of every generation found the human form to be a malleable vehicle of expressive potential and cerebral exploration of forms in space. There are some who have dismissed the nude as politically incorrect. Consequently, contemporary gatekeeper institutions like civic...