Revealing the Most Gripping Erotic Tales From Art History
"1001 Erotic Tales" is the tribute of author Cristina Chelaru to a magic time and space for tales and histories, true love stories, erotic art history anecdotes, cheeky movie scripts, or pulp fiction dedicated to fantasy worlds and human imagination.
First Night of 1001 Erotic Tales (or almost) is dedicated to Pin-ups and Pulp: the perfect marriage of ink and desire. From tawdry dime novels to Roy Lichtenstein’s crying girls, from Tijuana Bibles smuggled into working-class pockets to Tarantino’s cult cinematic mash-ups, pulp and erotic tales have shaped how we imagine sex, danger, glamour, and the body itself.
In the second night we're going to step beyond pulp and perfume into Story of O—where surrender becomes art and desire a manifesto. In Words & Pictures, artist Stefan Prince resurrects Dominique Aury’s scandalous muse through 70 lush paintings that blur love, myth, and submission. This isn’t nostalgia—it’s a resurrection. Beauty obeys no master, and O is never done speaking.
The third night of 1001 Erotic Tales features a cabaret of masks, myths, and mischief where fashion flirts with philosophy and the body becomes a stage. From Leonor Fini’s owl-eyed dominatrix to Erté’s jeweled sirens and Nijinsky’s scandalous faun, this isn’t nostalgia—it’s resurrection. Desire struts in feathers and sequins. Eroticism, darling, was never meant to undress—it performs.
Part four celebrates James Bidgood’s radiant dreamworld, where neon desire glows through handmade sets and hustlers become mythic figures. His pink sublime transforms cheap materials into lush erotic poetry, blending camp, fantasy, and queer imagination. This chapter honors Bidgood’s visionary alchemy and his lasting influence on contemporary artists who thrive on unapologetic artifice in every shimmering crafted frame.
The fifth night of 1001 Erotic Tales glows with the unruly glamour of Pre Code Hollywood, where fearless women shaped desire with wit, danger, and incandescent style. Mae West’s audacity, Louise Brooks’s dark allure, and Marlene Dietrich’s androgynous magic ignite this chapter, honoring legends who refused obedience and turned the silver screen into a playground of liberated myth.
On the sixth night of our "1001 Erotic Tales" journey we're going to revel in camp’s glittering grammar, where symbols flirt, fantasies multiply, and decadence glows like neon lipstick. From Huysmans’ poisoned salons to Wilde’s dangerous beauty, Leyendecker’s coded lovers, Molinier’s fetish collages, and Violet Chachki’s couture delirium, this chapter celebrates escapism as erotic magic and artifice as irresistible seduction.
Part seven erupts in glittering rebellion as the seventies unleash glam’s sensual turbulence. Rocky Horror rewrites desire with corsets, fishnets, and cosmic bravado, while Tim Curry ignites a revolution in sequins and tease. Bowie’s alien seduction and Grace Jones’s sculpted power expand the gospel of androgyny, revealing fashion as a fevered portal of erotic transformation.
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- Unique section featuring a sensual journey throughout art history over 7 modules
- In the near future 10 new modules will be added
- 100s of large-sized images of carefully selected artworks
- And much (MUCH) more...
Normal price €14,95
Now for only €8,85
Readily available!