Working with the nude in a digital format this work contains themes about the gaze, power, the vulnerability through the nude, and learning self love. This work is also informed by the history of the female nude and the male gaze. Through working in charcoal to transferring to digital these nudes were made through a rocky shift in processes and hard choices of how to continue the project along the way. This piece is intended for everyone, but especially those who struggle to see themselves as beautiful, as art. In the hopes that maybe someday those people may come to learn to appreciate themselves in every way as art.
Emil Lamb was born and raised in Michigan around the Flint area. Their work crosses many mediums and topics, but has a strong interest in painting, digital work, and fiber work. Though their latest focus has been on the body, specifically their own body as seen in its most recent form of My Body.
