The female nude is one of the most ubiquitous subjects in the history of art. 

In her terracotta sculpture, Karin Jonzen (1914-1998) uses the archetypal female nude as a symbolic reference to the art of Ancient Greece, which inspired much of her work, despite being pushed away from Classicism towards Ancient Egyptian aesthetics during her education at the Slade in the 1930s.

Antony Williams (b. 1964) uses meticulous geometry to depict the human form as an entity in space. Williams’s portrait of Eli in Theo’s Deckchair considers the perception of the body as a visual reaction to reflected light, dictated by its form and colour. 

The iconic Miss Ramieraz chair by Spanish design studio El Ultimo Grito was based on the design principals of the Birkenstock shoe, utilising waste cork mixed with latex; however, instead of moulding the form of a bare foot, the chair is based on a woman’s seat and named after the Spanish-speaking bar owner in the film High Noon. Its form creates a hyperawareness of the curves of the human body through the negative imprint.