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PARRESIA OR THE COURAGE OF TRUTH
The work of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) after 1900 includes several hundred erotic drawings. In these drawings, Rodin always concentrated on one or two nude models, carefully observing the mysterious region of the vulva. His models agreed to reveal their genitals to his gaze, often caressing themselves, sometimes reaching the heights of pleasure, allowing the artist to capture the most intimate and expressive movements of their bodies. In Rodin's case, on the other hand, the ‘modern’ affirmation of a visual vocabulary independent of reality (freedom of line, elliptical forms, intense colours and an abstract, decontextualised background) competes with the erotic character of his drawing.
Michel Foucault developed the concept of parrhesia as a mode of discourse in which people express their opinions and ideas frankly and honestly and honesty, avoiding recourse to manipulation rhetoric or broad generalisations.
Here, the aim is to capture fleeting moments of intimate lives, usually invisible yet so common to our humanities.
