Some of the work gets up close to bodies and skin, drawing attention to pores, wrinkles, scars, and stretches, while others take a more abstract or surreal approach to how the body is seen and felt. Skin becomes more than just something that covers us. It turns into a place where identity, beauty, and even discomfort live side by side. The use of AI allows these images to hover between the familiar and the uncanny. There’s a raw honesty in how these artists approach the body. They don’t try to smooth things over or chase perfect forms. Instead, they focus on textures, marks, surface patterns and and the so-called flaws that make us real. It brings to mind photographer Nan Goldin, whose work has long revealed the beauty in vulnerability and imperfection. Like her, these artists invite us to look closely, to sit with the discomfort, and to find a different kind of truth in our physical bodies. To read the full article click the links below.

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