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Sichuan-based artist Li Zhuangping exhibited a series of unprecedented oil paintings of his daughter Li Qin, depicting various shapes and poses in the nude.
Nudity in art and nude modeling were introduced into China almost one century ago. When famed Chinese painter Liu Haisu became the first to initiate a figure drawing course at a Shanghai art school in 1917, he immediately triggered public uproar and widespread controversy in regards to nude modeling.
Since then, China has become much more open to nude modeling, especially when we think back on the 1928 slashing of a nude model by her father for posing for internationally renowned Chinese photographer Lang Jingshan who took the country's first artistic nude shot .
However, even though the Chinese have gotten more at ease with the idea of modeling in the nude since 1928, it still remains quite the controversial career path to take in China. Every time some nude picture appears, the public nudity debate gets stirred up again and sometimes violence may even ensue. Some think that it's shameful and the models just get naked for the so-called sake of art to make easy-money and gain overnight fame, whereas others believe it is truly a form of art and society should show some more respect and tolerance for this venerable group.
A typical example emerged in 2009, when Sichuan-based artist Li Zhuangping exhibited a series of unprecedented oil paintings of his daughter Li Qin, depicting various shapes and poses in the nude. The father and his daughter suffered great social scrutiny as some believed they had severely violated human morals in creating this work of art.
It's also been reported that many young women secretly work as nude models, earning about five yuan (US$0.8) per hour in the 1990s, and 40-50 yuan(US$6.4-7.9) per hour at present. Some have gone on to become famous and receive better payment, whereas most will have to live on these meager sums for life.
Top 1: Tang Jiali 汤加丽
Age: 36
Height: 165CM
Weight: NA
Measurements: 84/62/86
Born in: Hefei, Anhui Province
Tang Jiali is a Chinese dancer, actress and nude model who became famous overnight in 2003 by becoming the very first woman on the Chinese mainland to publish her personal albums of nude photographs. The sets of pictures cost her photographer Zhang Xulong more than one-and-a-half years to shoot. Tang said that the original motive behind the shots was to "forever preserve the images of her youth," but she realized soon after that she had to allow them to be published in an album-under an agreement signed with the relevant company. Tang, who was twice a women's gymnastics medalist at provincial-level competitions, said that she was under great pressure and suffered heavy public scrutiny at that time. She once even considered suicide since her father too chastised her for doing such sinful and derogatory things.
Top 2: Zhang Xiaoyu 张筱雨
Age: 24
Height: 163CM
Weight: 49KG
Measurements: NA
Born in: Heilongjiang Province
Zhang Xiaoyu, a graduate from a Dalian art college, in Liaoning Province, rose to online fame in 2007, when her bold nude photos were released online. Zhang, the rival of Tang Jiali, the first model on the Chinese mainland to publish personal nude albums, caught netizens' attention with her amazingly beautiful figure, cute facial expressions and sexually explicit poses. She was the most searched for beauty on China's search engine Baidu between 2007 and 2010. Zhang has said that what she does, is propelled by her admiration and aspiration for the arts. She just wanted to show off her beautiful sides, rather than gain overnight fame by taking off all her clothes. Zhang believes that the arts involving the human body are of a noble nature and she hopes that society can one day show a greater respect for nude models.
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