If you go
WHAT: "Three Visions of the Feminine."
WHEN: The opening reception is 6-9 p.m. Saturday. Art will be shown through Dec. 30 by appointment.
WHERE: Bistineau Gallery, 327 Market St., Shreveport.
ADMISSION: free and open to the public. To make an appointment, call (318) 464-7950.

Marketers have just about covered the sexualized version of breasts, thighs and hips.

Perhaps that's why three male artists hope their nudes and portraits of women will offer a more mysterious and awe-inspiring view of femininity.

"Three Visions of the Feminine," an exhibit opening Saturday at the Bistineau Gallery, is a male perspective on the female form by artists Tony Reans, Andre Weatherly and Dennis O'Bryant.

Rebecca Hudsmith, Bistineau Gallery owner, began toying with the idea of a masculine take on femininity after a successful all-women show last summer. She asked the three male artists, whose subject matter she has followed closely over recent months, to participate in a joint exhibit when she noticed all three began to explore the feminine form in their work at roughly the same time.