"Go back to the ancient world. Greek sculptures and vases, Baroque paintings. Matisse and Picasso. The erotic show is one of the great themes of art," explains Jeffrey Deitch, who along with Larry Gagosian produced the Desire exhibition during Miami. Art Week . The exhibition was curated by Diana Widmaier-Picasso (granddaughter of Pablo Picasso) and took place at the
Moore Building in the Design District. More than 50 artists had their works on display, including Picasso, Lichtenstein, R. Crumb, Tom of Finland, Diego Rivera to Richard Prince, Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf to Martin Wong - with paintings, photographs, sculptures, cartoons, video and, yes, live nude models. One of the attractions of the exhibition, on the first floor, were the
realistic sculptures by Jeff Koons, which depicted a couple's sexual act in detail. People were amazed at their anatomically accurate dimensions. On the second floor, a nude model
resting on a blue couch frightened visitors who thought it was just another sculpture in the exhibition. One of the most disturbing works was Noritoshi Hirakawa's "Tokyo Dreams," featuring 20 portraits of attractive young Japanese women, beautifully and modestly dressed in skirts or dresses, squatting. It takes a few seconds for the viewer to realize that none of them are of them is wearing underwear. Her direct gaze and solid posture challenge ideas of vulnerability, strength and control. Desire comes
with ideas, cultural references, the drama of the action, the intention of the subject, explores modern and contemporary approaches to eroticism in art as well as the concepts of futuristic erotic science fiction. 
