A Los Angeles contemporary artist is planning to mount an exhibit that will feature the recently leaked intimate photos of celebrities including actress Jennifer Lawrence and model Kate Upton.
The Cory Allen Contemporary Art showroom in St. Petersburg, FL., announced this week that the artist known as XVALA will add the nude images to his seven-year collection called "Fear Google," which contains private photos of celebrities that can be sourced through Google.
The particular show that will include this new batch of nude celebrity photos, dubbed "No Delete," will premiere at the showroom on October 30. The photos will be reproduced life-size and unaltered on canvases.
According to Cory Allen, the publicist for the exhibit, XVALA "appropriating celebrity compromised images and the overall 'Fear Google' campaign has helped strengthen the ongoing debate over privacy in the digital era."
"The commentary behind this show is a reflection of who we are today. We all become 'users' and in the end, we become 'use,'" said the publicist.
Private photos featured in the artist's past exhibits include those of singer Britney Spears, shown with her shaved head, and the hacked naked pictures of actress Scarlett Johansson.
Johansson's pictures, hacked a few years ago, were exhibited throughout streets in Los Angeles. The actress's private parts concealed with the "Fear Google" logo.
In a statement issued by the artist regarding the upcoming exhibit, he said, "In today's culture, everybody wants to know everything about everybody. An individual's privacy has become everyone else's business. It has become cash for cache."
Meanwhile, Lawrence and Upton, two of the subjects of "No Delete," immediately requested investigation into the compromising of their photos following the leak. Representatives of the celebrities have issued a warning that they will file charges against those behind the hacking and leak, as well as those who will share their photos.