This gallery shifts attention away from individual identity toward the expressive potential of the human body. Across various media, artists explore how the body can be posed, depicted at rest, or portrayed in motion—capturing moments of reflection as well as performance and display. Some works suggest private, inward gestures—a figure engaged in a simple act of grooming or rest. Others present the body as something to be seen or performed, drawing attention to posture, balance, and physical presence. These varied representations reveal how the body shifts in meaning depending on context and who is looking.
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Image Credits:
André Derain, Baigneuses [Bathers], 1907, oil on board, 9 1/4 × 11 1/4 in., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Young, 2002.005, photo © Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Everett Shinn, Ballerina, 1911-1912, oil on canvas, 27 x 31 in., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Museum purchase from the Beaux Arts Society Fund for Acquisitions, 1971.018, © Estate of Everett Shinn, Image by Google
Alexandra Alaupovic, Jeunesse Timide [Shy Youth], 1981, bronze, 56 x 13 x 13 in., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephan Eisner, 1982.002, © Estate of Alexandra Alaupovic, photo © Oklahoma City Museum of Art
