Refracted Bodies
For as long as humans have created artworks, they have created images depicting nude figures. They are everywhere â from marble antiquities to modern painting. Contemporary artist Mona Kuhn (b.1969) brings her own sensibility to photographing unclothed bodies. Through Kuhnâs lens, nudity becomes an egalitarian force, a form of spiritual kinship. As
Mona Kuhn: Works, a retrospective book of her work over the past 20 years is published by Thames & Hudson, Kuhn talks about how she came to focus on nude portraiture and the role that nature plays in her work.Â
A: Youâve been taking photographs since you were 12 years old. What drew you to photographic portraiture, and capturing nude figures, in particular?
CHICAGO — They’re making protest signs. They’re signing petitions. They’re holding rallies. And they’re doing it all to save the beavers. Residents are protesting the possible trapping and killing of a couple of suburban rodents after a homeowners association board said it planned to remove beavers that have posted up in the retention ponds of a Glenview development. In recent days, more than .
And theyâre doing it all to save the beavers.
Residents are protesting the possible trapping and killing of a couple of suburban rodents after a homeowners association board said it planned to remove beavers that have posted up in the retention ponds of a Glenview development.
In recent days, more than 600 people have joined a Facebook group: Glenview Residents Against Drowning Beavers in Underwater Traps! Dozens have gathered near the den with protest signs featuring phrases like, âLeave the dam beavers alone.â An online petition to save the beavers has received nearly 2,000 signatures.
Rachel Siegel, a Glenview resident and organizer of the effort, said some dogs were wearing âSave the beaversâ shirts at a recent rally.