The presentation of the naked human body in art has appeared since the beginning of time. It is the continual presentation of the question of beauty or search for its denial. The beauty of The Venus of Willendorf was seen differently by the prehistoric artist than the sculptor from Ancient Greece in his Afrodite, different again was the perspective of beauty of the Rennaissance artist Michael Angelo Buonarotti.

Today, again, we can ask what is beauty for modern society?. An artist who creates nudes today, gives us an answer, just as his predecessors did. The above mentioned collation shows us the changes in our attitude to beauty and human beings through the ages. This way, we can look for the answers to the crucial questions: Where do we come from? What we are? Where are we going?

Krzysztof Izdebski-Cruz is an artist concentrating solely on classical painting, working with oil and pastels. He relates to Renaissance paintings in his work, adopting classical, allegoric or symbolic subjects. He is recognized as one of the "New Old Masters" (as defined by Donald Kuspit). He signs his paintings in mirror writing – ‘Kriz Cruz’ - antedating them by 100 years. He lives and works in both Gdańsk and the seaside resort of Sopot.