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George-Henry Longly — Tiiy
George-Henry Longly

Tiiy

Longly's *Tiiy* presents a sleek marble form adorned with unexpected material interventions — YSL Touche Éclat highlighter, whipped cream chargers, and steel fixings — collapsing the boundaries between luxury consumer objects and classical sculpture. The work seduces and unsettles simultaneously, treating beauty products and disposable commodities as charged cultural artifacts embedded within an enduring, prestigious material. The result is a meditation on glamour, desire, and the uneasy relationship between high art and the aesthetics of everyday consumption.

Medium
marble, YSL Touche Éclat, whipped cream chargers and steel fixings

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December 7, 2017

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George-Henry Longly, Tiiy

Longly's *Tiiy* presents a sleek marble form adorned with unexpected material interventions — YSL Touche Éclat highlighter, whipped cream chargers, and steel fixings — collapsing the boundaries between luxury consumer objects and classical sculpture. The work seduces and unsettles simultaneously, treating beauty products and disposable commodities as charged cultural artifacts embedded within an enduring, prestigious material. The result is a meditation on glamour, desire, and the uneasy relationship between high art and the aesthetics of everyday consumption.

Medium
marble, YSL Touche Éclat, whipped cream chargers and steel fixings
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Marble, Male Artist, Provocative Mood, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Emerging Artist, British Artist, Contemporary Artist, White and Silver Tones, Luxury Commodities, Post-Internet Art, Playful And Provocative

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