We are pleased to announce the opening of Exemplary Bodies, which encompasses perceptions of anatomy in contemporary art, from images of the nude to interpretations of the human figure in political contexts. The body has played a fundamental role in the development of aesthetics in art history as one of the first natural forms rendered in painting and sculpture. The artists within Exemplary Bodies look to the human anatomy as civilizations have in the past, as mediums for expression and commentary on contemporary society, especially through the prominent use of the female body-as-symbolic medium.