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Amie Dicke — Leg
Amie Dicke

Leg

A chromogenic print is delicately abraded with sandpaper, obscuring and distorting an image of a leg in a way that feels both violent and tender. Dicke's physical intervention on the photograph's surface erodes the slick commercialism of the original image, transforming it into something raw and fragmented. The tension between the smooth photographic process and the rough, handmade abrasion speaks to themes of the female body, beauty standards, and the act of erasure.

Medium
sandpaper abrasion, chromogenic print

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September 17, 2015

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Amie Dicke, Leg

A chromogenic print is delicately abraded with sandpaper, obscuring and distorting an image of a leg in a way that feels both violent and tender. Dicke's physical intervention on the photograph's surface erodes the slick commercialism of the original image, transforming it into something raw and fragmented. The tension between the smooth photographic process and the rough, handmade abrasion speaks to themes of the female body, beauty standards, and the act of erasure.

Medium
sandpaper abrasion, chromogenic print
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Photography, Figure Study, Minimalist Mood, Abrasion Technique, Dutch Artist, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Artist, Appropriation Art, Chromogenic Print, 21st Century, Minimal Composition, Body Fragment, Monochromatic, Female Artist, Figurative

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