Playboy and Sevens Foundation are proud to announce a first-of-its-kind partnership that brings a new four-part NFT grant-exhibition series focusing on Playboy’s core editorial themes of Gender and Sexuality, Speech, Equality, and Pleasure to life. The collaboration provides underrepresented digital artists with the opportunity to mint and sell their work in the metaverse. Playboy and Sevens recognize how the fight for equality and representation that continues to define the art world at large is particularly urgent in the fast-moving world of NFTs. As such, the first installment of the series, *The Art of Gender and Sexuality,* invited applicants to celebrate the power of diverse identities and perspectives. The exhibit was curated by artists ix shells, Anne Spalter & Shantell Martin, and Playboy head of art & editorial Liz Suman & creative director Erica Loewy. To learn more about the winning artists & their work, visit https://grants.art/playboy. (Header Art by @miirror)

The Art of Gender and Sexuality

Artwork is based on the iconic nude photograph of Marilyn Monroe made by John Baumgarth for the very first edition of Playboy magazine in December 1953. 
In the photo, we hardly see Marilyn's face, but we clearly see her naked body, it’s curved lines and compositions. And basing on my theory of Found Faces, we start to read her entire body as a single face. 
It is also interesting that instinctive excitement from an erotic photo occurs regardless of the face that is recognized in the composition of the body. And that recognized face itself appears without gender.
An example of such recognition has been identified and captured in my work.

Found in Marilyn

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