Switcher Sex

"Switcher Sex: Video Works and Photography from the Teutloff Collection," exhibit runs through Feb. 9, receptionSat., Jan. 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut St., 215-701-4627, slought.org.

by Kelly White

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These days, a racy photograph is the cover of Maxim. But just how intimate do you feel toward a glossy skin shot? There's more to the body than the airbrushed reductions we are often exposed to, as the Slought Foundation's current exhibit aims to show. "Switcher Sex: Video Works and Photography from the Teutloff Collection" takes the term "exhibition" for a spin, revealing the countless motifs that can be explored through the human body. From transparent themes such as sex and nature to its less expected ties to politics and the economy, we learn how our forms can relay the most base of ideas. The work of noted photographers Diane Arbus and Annie Leibovitz, among others, are shown, to remind us of the power of physical exposure and visual messages. What about nudity makes for a compelling delivery? As Arbus once said, "A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know."

"Switcher Sex: Video Works and Photography from the Teutloff Collection," exhibit runs through Feb. 9, receptionSat., Jan. 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut St., 215-701-4627, slought.org.