THE PAINTINGS OF VALERIIA KOZHUKHOVALong before museums, art academies, or Instagram existed,
human beings were already painting, sculpting, and drawing the female body.
We have turned it into a symbol of fertility, motherhood, beauty, desire, power, sin, or freedom, depending on the era and on who was holding the brush. It has appeared on cave walls, in ancient sculptures, frescoes, paintings, photographs, and now on digital screens as well.
And this fascination has never belonged exclusively to men.
For centuries, men and women have tried to understand and portray a body capable of expressing so much without saying a single word. An arched back, crossed legs, or the curve of a hip can convey intimacy, vulnerability, strength, or desire, depending entirely on the artist’s perspective.
Perhaps that is why we keep coming back to it. The female body offers endless possibilities and, no matter how many times it has been portrayed,
it never runs out of things to say as an artistic subject. Every era interprets it in its own way, and every artist finds something different to express through it.
Artist
Valeriia Kozhukhova continues that tradition through paintings, watercolors, and digital artwork featuring nude women or women portrayed in intimate and sensual poses.
In her work, eroticism does not depend on showing everything. Sometimes a pose, a glance, a shadow, or a handful of strokes is enough to awaken something in the viewer.
The body becomes a model, a landscape, and a language all at once.
The tools, styles, and places where we view art have changed, but the fascination remains untouched.
We have spent thousands of years trying to turn the female body into art, and we still have not finished looking at it.
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AMATEUR FLESH: COCOJust two days ago, our next protagonist decided to take a step that had probably been on her mind for quite some time:
creating a Reddit account and posting her first nude photos.
Before doing so, she probably spent a long time watching from the other side of the screen. Browsing through other women’s profiles, reading people’s comments and imagining what it might be like to take that place herself one day.
Watching, learning and feeling torn between the desire to do it and the fear of regretting it afterward.
Yes, no. Maybe today, perhaps tomorrow. One photo, none at all, or maybe a few. Weighing up the pros, the cons and that inevitable sense of vertigo that must come from knowing that, as soon as you hit the publish button,
a group of complete strangers will be able to see you in a way that, until then, had been reserved for only a privileged few.
Eventually, she made up her mind. She created the account, uploaded her first photos and crossed that little boundary separating those who watch from those who have decided to become the protagonists.
They say the sky is filled with millions of stars.
Today, you have just witnessed the birth of a new one.
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