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Yoni Portraits

The Intimate Art of Christina Camphausen


Copyright © Christina Camphausen

Publication of unique art book with female genitals as topic

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It surely isn’t pornography, nor ‘Erotica’ in the usual sense, and it’s not even really about sexuality – and yet: we are talking about a book with the vulva as it’s only subject.
Dutch artist Christina Camphausen (1953) is publishing a book this month that contains almost her complete oeuvre. Her work consists of delicate drawings, revealing the vulva in all her variety and beauty – often with very realistic images, sometimes with a touch of symbolism.

The hardbound book (128 pages, 30 x 23 cm) is called Yoni Portraits: The Intimate Art of Christina Camphausen and is being published privately.

The artist prefers the name Yoni, a term from India’s sacred language (Sanskrit), because the rather unique word carries an inherent respect for this intimate part of a woman’s body. In the book’s accompanying texts, the artist makes clear that there’s nothing about the Yoni to be ashamed of. Rather, it is a body-part which – in many cultures, has had totally different connotations: power, beauty, fertility; delight.

With her book, Christina Camphausen wants to make us discover and realize that each vulva is unique, wonderful and mysterious. She also joins ranks with those who criticize the presently widespread idea that women, even their private parts, have to conform to fashion crazes – by letting, for example, cosmetic surgeons reduce everyone’s lower lips.

The names she gives to her drawings are often inspired by ancient cultures, often Eastern ones, and one finds among them “The Source” and “Living Fountain”, but also “Gate to Paradise” and “She Who is Always Moist”.

The almost fifty refined drawings, made with (soluble) color pencils, are accompanied by selected and well fitting quotations from sacred texts and other sources – Eastern and Western. One also finds explanations of all exotic terminology, bio- and bibliographical information – as well as a fascinating and modern fairytale concerning the differences between one vulva and another. The story very much fits the purpose of the book, considering that the word ‘portraits’ has been consciously chosen to indicate that a Yoni is as different from others, as individual, as are faces.

If you like it, you can buy it:  'HERE'

Editions:.
978.90.813729.1.6

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The only way to fully appreciate the beauty of Christina's work is to look at the book or an original - the computer is simply not good enough. Her delicate and subtle drawings really capture the magic of the yoni. This is truely a wonderful book. Thanks

Rainer | Tuesday 28 April 2009 | 17:22:00
Christina is a master at conveying the beauty and power of the Yoni in her art. The gift of her work is beautiful persented in this classy book.

nick karras | Friday 3 April 2009 | 22:01:00
   
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