Sienna Miller may have given birth to baby girl Marlowe Ottoline Layng Sturridge in July, but her pregnancy was made immortal by artist Jonathan Yeo in a nude portrait, shown below. The nude portrait of Miller, among others, is currently on display at Circleculture Gallery in Berlin, Germany.
Of the oil painting, which features a startlingly realistic Miller standing with her palms resting on her backside against a wash of gray, Yeo wrote in the exhibition catalogue (via E! News):
"I wanted an image that epitomized the human body in its most naturally beautiful state to make the sharpest possible contrast with my other paintings in this exhibition, which document patients undergoing cosmetic surgery in a bid to help them conform to social notions of beauty…
It has been 22 years since a pregnant Demi Moore caused uproar by posing for Annie Leibovitz on the cover of Vanity Fair. In that time society has become almost completely desensitized to the daily exposure to people who have surgically distorted their appearance for artificial reasons. Yet certain sections of society are still uncomfortable with the appearance of pregnancy and images of naked expectant mothers are rarely seen."
What do you think, readers? Sound off in the comments below, and check out more artwork from Yeo via his website.
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