Ever since humans first chiseled images on cave walls and sculpted clay figurines, art has celebrated the nude form. In modern times, little has changed; now, we simply appreciate nude art while sipping wine. Unleash your carnal art connoisseur when Nude Nites, the largest event of its kind in the country, returns to Tampa with more than 200 variations of the human body presented in fine art, photography, experimental, 3D, sculpture, wood, metal, mixed media, digital, and performance. The world-class body painter “Baroque-Alive” is on hand illustrating human canvases. At the top of every hour, Miss Polly Wood and The Saigon Pearl sweep the stage with swanky burlesque performances. Featured installations include sexualized illustrations of
This article appears in Mar 3-9, 2010.