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Anne Collier — Woman Crying (Comic) #26
Anne Collier

Woman Crying (Comic) #26

2020

Anne Collier's "Woman Crying (Comic) #26" appropriates imagery from vintage comic book panels, isolating and enlarging a female figure in emotional distress to examine how mass media has historically depicted and commodified women's vulnerability. The work combines photography and printing techniques to present the comic source material as a fine art subject, questioning the gap between popular culture representation and artistic legitimacy. By presenting this banal commercial image without irony or commentary, Collier invites viewers to reconsider the emotional labor and objectification embedded in everyday visual culture.

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

October 11, 2024

Lot 147

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Anne Collier, Woman Crying (Comic) #26, 2020

Anne Collier's "Woman Crying (Comic) #26" appropriates imagery from vintage comic book panels, isolating and enlarging a female figure in emotional distress to examine how mass media has historically depicted and commodified women's vulnerability. The work combines photography and printing techniques to present the comic source material as a fine art subject, questioning the gap between popular culture representation and artistic legitimacy. By presenting this banal commercial image without irony or commentary, Collier invites viewers to reconsider the emotional labor and objectification embedded in everyday visual culture.

Year
2020
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Photography, Emotion and vulnerability, Pop Art Influence, Appropriation Art, Melancholic, American Artist, Found Imagery, Comic Book Imagery, 21st Century, Contemporary Art

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