Oh! Calcutta!

As shown in an earlier post titled the "Body of the Message," the skin of a nude human body can be an effective medium for advertising a particular event or presentation. The photograph used here is a stock image that Lockstock has graciously offered up to the community of artists to use for creative projects. The overlay is a scanned image of an old page from the entertainment section of a newspaper advertising shows such as Oh! Calcutta, Chloe in the Afternoon, and Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask). Oh! Calcutta created controversy when it was first staged due to the extensive use of nudity, so it would seem natural to use a nude figure to advertise the performance.

Here is the link to Lockstock's gallery of stock images if you would like to view the photographs in the stock collection.