[Artmajors] Faculty Feature Day 3 - Gerard Huber, Tenured Professor in the Department of Art

[Patti Doster]

This weeks Faculty Feature Day 3 – Gerard Huber, Tenured Professor:

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"Let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome"?

The most significant challenge of my career has been overcoming the stigma associated with any depictions of the male nude. Nudes in general pose a challenge in a society that automatically equates prurient interests with any depiction of the flesh, male or female.

I am very drawn to the approach of the ancient Greeks, who thought of nudity as embodying a sense of wholeness. Far from being merely carnal in nature, the Greeks believed that exterior physical perfection indicated internal spiritual perfection. It was also a hallmark of genuineness and a lack of pretense. In Western civilization, evil has been identified with the flesh so closely that the only way a nude body could be depicted was if it was being abused, punished or mutilated–a sort of sadomasochistic expiation of an unconscious guilt about merely having a body.

One of my goals is to challenge this modern contempt for the fully nude male figure, which is thought to be at best embarrassing and at worst indecent. My work is instead a celebration of the beauty of the physical and spiritual body. My intent is to invite the viewer through the sensuality of my paintings — color, texture, light and illusionistic form — to confront their own beliefs and values about the naked body and to resolve for themselves the question of good and evil regarding nudity in general, and male nudity in particular.

(Part of an article printed in Voyage Dallas, October 25, 2017)




Thursday and Friday of this week, with this Faculty Feature will be the continuance of the conversation/interview with Gerard and the VoyageDallas, October 25, 2017 issue and more links to Gerard’s work.
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Vases Gallery 1991 – 1992

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To contact Professor Gerard Huber, you can email him at Gerard.Huber at tamuc.edu<mailto:Gerard.Huber at tamuc.edu>.

Explore more about Gerard here:

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Watch for more info this week on Professor Gerard Huber and other Department of Art information on the Department of Art Facebook page https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_TAMU-2DC-2DDepartment-2Dof-2DArt-2D136133626410656_&d=DwIGaQ&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=PwH_G1P90zInP-cEd69CtgMkD48rEM5jsAJHNKQGxec&m=5oANh3EYzkUY0mDWq2-QxQ5d5BWFbaLRBd9-I-D3c3E&s=V1-ZZl_xJyfZNiS32dqgmfYHvx78KyzYEAGrYphEpsM&e=;
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Patti Doster | Coordinator of Art Activities
Department of Art
Patti.Doster at tamuc.edu <mailto:Patti.Doster at tamuc.edu>

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