A recent trip to First Friday in the Downtown Arts District turned up a gem of a find. At the Sin City Gallery inside The Arts Factory, a showing titled “Bodyscapes” demanded to be included in our catalog of Sexy Vegas discoveries.
Using the naked human body as landscape, backdrop or setting
is what makes Allan Teger’s work unique, titillating and just a joy to look
at. Some are simply fun, such as the
mountain climbers hoisting themselves up a perky breast. Others are more subtle and thought-provoking,
such as the side-by-side models’ torsos simulating the undulating rises and
valleys of the countryside.
Teger says he wanted to show two
realities at the same time. “I did not
initially have any interest in shooting nudes,” he says. “The use of the human body was a way of
making the point that we could see things in different ways. It’s really all about the ‘flip’ in our heads
when we realize that the landscape is really a body.”
And the body a landscape, for
that matter.
Teger’s themes include farming, cowboys, travel, the beach,
fishing, and even golf. One of Teger’s
more memorable golf scenes portrays a golf ball precariously perched on a pert
nipple, driver at the ready. Teger says
he’s not a golfer at all, but his erotic portrayal of a woman’s curves as the
rolling hills of a golf course makes that hard to believe. Even a cart-rider will want to grab a bag of
sticks and walk this course.
The models in Teger’s scenes have undeniably beautiful
bodies, with perky butts, flat stomachs and naturally lovely breasts. They are not, however, professionals. He has a few that he uses regularly, as well
as some who have asked to model simply because they love his work. Some are just his friends. (It’s good to have friends like this, no?)
Teger simply uses tiny toys or miniatures on the models’ bodies
to get his shots; he does not combine images or use computers or Photoshop. The Bodyscape photographs are shot on film
and printed in a darkroom using fiber-based silver gelatin paper, a technique
rarely used these days. Teger says this
is “the old, original paper, similar to what Ansel Adams used.” This quality of workmanship shows when one is
able to appreciate the lighting and texture of one of his prints up close.
Originally from Easton, PA, Teger now lives in Vero Beach,
FL. As a psychology professor he taught
for 12 years at the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University, then left
to pursue art full time. He has been
featured on the Playboy Network and his work has shown in galleries all over the
country. His second book of Bodyscapes
images has recently been published by Schiffer Publishing.
The Sin City Gallery is a great fit for him, as its “gallerist,”
Dr. Laura Henkel, is also a psychologist, and both are fascinated with the
psychology of erotic art. The gallery is
located inside The Arts Factory at 107 E. Charleston Blvd., suite 100. They are open for viewings Tuesday through Saturday
from 1 to 7 p.m., as well as for First Friday on May 3rd, which runs
until 11 p.m.
Stop by to see more of this fun, flirty art, and tell them
T.A. from Sexy Vegas sent you.
Stay Sexy!—T.A.
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