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With large eyes staring out behind his brilliantly painted face this child is a proud member of one of the Omo Valley tribes who live in Ethoipia, east Africa.

Andrew Wyeth There may be no better test of what's inside an artist than their response to what's on our surface. The drama of human flesh has inspired a variety of artistic reactions. As John Updike noted, "the menace of and the sadness of naked flesh have impressed artists as much as its grandeur and allure." At the same time that skin inspires such reactions, it also provides artists with a broad and complex language for expressing feelings, thoughts and desires. Here are just a few samples: Toulouse Lautrec brilliantly captures the weight of flesh In this detail from his watercolor of a weary stripper backstage, Burt Silverman distinguishes between the color of flesh that has been exposed to the sun and flesh that has never seen the light of day. The ultra-cool Bob Peak lowers the temperature of skin to the level of liquid nitrogen Gustav Klimt excelled at finding mythical eroticism in flesh Andrew Wyeth puts flesh under his microscope and finds it radiant Contrast these rich portrayals of our mortal envelope with the abject poverty of popular technicians such as Vargas or Olivia: The disparity between these artistic treatments shows that for artists with searching eyes, skin offers clues, promises and temptations about inner life and personality. These are the fuel for true eroticism. On the other hand, lesser artists find that skin blocks any inquiry beneath the surface and ultimately leaves them with a shallow and boring caricature of sexuality. Artists such as Vargas and Olivia excel at painting flesh firm like sausage casing, but they seem oblivious to the cosmic significance of the freckles that they thoughtlessly airbrush from a bare shoulder. I was reminded of the artistic importance of skin last week when artist Kim Smith sent me an mpeg about the Omo river people in Africa who paint their skin in wondrously beautiful ways using natural pigments from the world around them. If you can overlook its annoying quotes from Picasso, you may find this slide show about the Omo people as inspiring as I did:

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from the book Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa by Hans Silvester.

East Africa | Body painting among the Suri and Mursi people of the Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia. Photographer Hans Silvester

With large eyes staring out behind his brilliantly painted face this child is a proud member of one of the Omo Valley tribes who live in Ethoipia, east Africa.

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Painted houses of the Bench in southern Ethiopia, 2011-2013. Photographs by Hans Silvester

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The mansion in Hampole, near Doncaster, dubbed the 'doctor's house' by locals, is filled with old magazines, obsolete technology and vintage cars which are rusting away.

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New Guinea face painting art The Art of skin painting For many ancient tribes and cultures , face and body art has been an integral part of their rituals, festivals and displays of heirarchy. Depending on the occasion , face painting was used as a beautifying practice or could be adapted to be terrifying for hunting and tribal battles. It was suggested by Joseph Jordania that body painting, together with dancing, loud group singing, rhythmic stomping and drumming on external objects, contributed to reaching a specific altered state of consciousness and a battle trance through these ritualized activities. In this state

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With the arrival of spring I could not help but share these utterly delightful photos of the Surma and Mursi tribes in the L"Oma Valley of Africa. German born photographet Hans Silvester has captured in his book "Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration From Africa" what I feel is one of the most beautiful celebrations of flowers, spring and rebirth. I hope you enjoy.