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Critic Sarah Kent contemplates the place of the male nude in contemporary art, from the photography of Robert Mapplethorpe to Sam Taylor-Wood's video of David Beckham.

In the fifth and final essay in the series, Men Only, the critic Sarah Kent contemplates the place of the male nude in contemporary art. She examines the differing approaches adopted by male and female artists and ranges from the photography of Robert Mapplethorpe to Sam Taylor-Wood's video of David Beckham .

Producer: Zahid Warley

First broadcast in February 2012.

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Fri 14 Jun 2013 22:45

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  • Fri 24 Feb 2012 22:45
  • Fri 14 Jun 2013 22:45

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