Art and nudity have always been inseparable. That doesn't mean the artist has always found it easy to pursue an open exploration of the body, especially in middle-class India where the body has been all function, not form.

 

For those of us who have the luxury of consuming art in 2015, though, there's a new paradigm emerging. It's not there yet, but you could call it our post-prudish phase, where art is allowed to, mostly, break free from the shackles the rest of our society is still bound by.

The artists in this audio piece are all young, and are creating a new language of nudity. They come from backgrounds where conversations about nudity were the exception, not the norm. Yet, they're pushing back at those boundaries, exploring the body in their own distinct ways - committed to not just showing their work in fine galleries patronised by a select few but in the real world, on social media and through digital platforms, to make nudity a conversation among those most reluctant to have it.

 

 

(This video was shot and edited for Catch News. You can read the full piece/watch this video using the following link:

http://www.catchnews.com/culture-news/form-art-four-young-artists-talk-nudity-1437401506.html )