U.S. gallery to display stars’ leaked nude pics as art

A gallery in Florida is planning to stage an exhibit featuring nude images stolen from women including Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Lawrence. The artist know as “XVALA” has a reputation for repurposing photos taken by paparazzi. The stolen images will be part of the artist’s “No Delete” show, in the contemporary Cory Allen art gallery, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Printed on canvas life-size and unaltered, they will join the other images collected by the urban artist over the past seven years.

We share our secrets with technology. And when we do, our privacy becomes accessible to others.

LA-based artist “XVALA”

XVALA was previously best known for sculptures of technology icons like Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, made from trash found outside their homes. The photos of Lawrence and Upton were leaked last week, among private, nude pictures of dozens of celebrities, stolen from their accounts on Apple’s iCloud service. Singer Rihanna and “Big Bang Theory” actress Kaley Cuoco were also among the many others whose photos were leaked. The exhibit - which will also include a portrait of US singer Britney Spears with her head shaved, framed in a reproduction 17th-century Italian frame - opens to the public on October 30.

The commentary behind this show is a reflection of who we are today. We all become ‘users’ and in the end, we become ‘used’.

Cory Allen, publicist for the gallery

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