Exquisite Corpse

1. Bruce Nauman Prayer Wheel, 1986
2. Anna Gaskell Anagram, 2003
3. Acne Spring/Summer 2015
4. Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2015

An associative drawing in an associative culture. Copy has been replaced by collage. What is begun by one is to be continued by another. Body parts as vegetable as luxury goods as commodity products. And again printed on body parts.
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The Cyber Woman, Mechanical Dolls

1. Hans Bellmer Machine Gunneress In A State Of Grace, 1937
2. Sarah Lucas Bunny Gets Snookered, 1997

When Hans and Sarah erect 'female material sculpture', sexual identity has eaten itself. There is no in and out. Physical interaction is impossible. Femancipation is the construct of disembodied bodies.
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The Perversion Of Reversion

1. Alan Taylor Spring/Summer 2014
2. Rick Owens Spring/Summer 2014

When everything has been done and redone before, a valid trick is to turn things around. Alan Taylor multiplies the body, creating shizophrenic outfits that remind of 'the knave' in a game of cards. And Rick Owens, well, he replaces the fashion show with a hardcore metal performance and has his actors spinning around and hanging upside down.
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Venus, Deconstructed

1. Salvador Dalí Tête Otorhinologique De Vénus, 1964/1970
2. René Magritte Les Menottes De Cuivre, 1931
3. René Magritte Tête, 1960
4. Erwin Blumenfeld Portrait of Houdon's Diane, 1944

While the 'egg' as a motif equals 'David', we still have to figure out the symbolic equivalent to 'Venus'. Until then, I'd like to invite you to ponder on the mutations of the female archetype and maybe come up with an icon of its objectification.
/HORST