A Photo Booth Biennale, Epilogue V

A second look at The Artwork Will Be Present, 2013.






1. Robert Mapplethorpe Calla Lily, 1988
2. Robert Mapplethorpe Leather Crotch, 1980
3. Robert Mapplethorpe Mountain, 1983
4. Robert Mapplethorpe Veronica Vera, 1982
5. Robert Mapplethorpe Self Portrait, 1980

By now, it should be evident that this 'exhibit' is about the aestheticism of the 'ugly' side: the human longing for the most basic means of survival. As victims of our nature, we do deny the subliminal. Yet, we cannot stop ataring at it. This gaze is being well provided by Mapplethorpe.
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A Photo Booth Biennale, Epilogue IV

A second look at The Artwork Will Be Present, 2013.





1. Ida Applebroog Work in Progress, 2005
2. Ida Applebroog You Are The Patient, 1969–2011
3. Ida Applebroog Monalisa, 2007
4. Ida Applebroog Unknown (Dora)

In a way, Applebroog sums up the world and everything that counts: water colour genitals, explicit clay content, distorted comic/al bodies. Her message(s) seem so clear, they are calling for miss-understanding.
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