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Inez van Lamsweerde — Thank You Thighmaster: Kim, Pam, Joan, Britt
Inez van Lamsweerde

Thank You Thighmaster: Kim, Pam, Joan, Britt

This four-part chromogenic print by Inez van Lamsweerde presents a series of female figures whose surfaces are unnervingly smooth, blending photographic realism with digitally manipulated artifice. The faces appear simultaneously idealized and uncanny, stripped of imperfection in a way that critiques beauty standards and the cult of the perfectly toned body. Mounted face-forward on perspex and flush to Dibond, the work's sleek, high-gloss finish reinforces its meditation on the polished, commodified female form.

Medium
chromogenic print, face-mounted to perspex, flush-mounted to Dibond, in four parts

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Under the Influence

December 10, 2014

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Inez van Lamsweerde, Thank You Thighmaster: Kim, Pam, Joan, Britt

This four-part chromogenic print by Inez van Lamsweerde presents a series of female figures whose surfaces are unnervingly smooth, blending photographic realism with digitally manipulated artifice. The faces appear simultaneously idealized and uncanny, stripped of imperfection in a way that critiques beauty standards and the cult of the perfectly toned body. Mounted face-forward on perspex and flush to Dibond, the work's sleek, high-gloss finish reinforces its meditation on the polished, commodified female form.

Medium
chromogenic print, face-mounted to perspex, flush-mounted to Dibond, in four parts
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Photography, Bold, Dutch, Pop Art, Chromogenic Print, Portrait, Figurative, Contemporary, Female Subjects, Satirical

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