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Josephine Meckseper โ€” mannequin leg in hosiery, glass dome on artist's plinth
Josephine Meckseper

mannequin leg in hosiery, glass dome on artist's plinth

A sculptural work by Josephine Meckseper presents a disembodied mannequin leg clad in hosiery, enclosed beneath a glass dome and elevated on an artist's plinth. The piece engages with themes of commodity fetishism, consumer culture, and the aestheticization of the female body, drawing on the visual language of retail display and museum presentation. The clinical elegance of the glass dome transforms the fragment into a specimen or relic, blurring the boundaries between desire, objectification, and art-world convention.

๐Ÿ”จ Auction Lot

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

February 10, 2016

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Josephine Meckseper, mannequin leg in hosiery, glass dome on artist's plinth

A sculptural work by Josephine Meckseper presents a disembodied mannequin leg clad in hosiery, enclosed beneath a glass dome and elevated on an artist's plinth. The piece engages with themes of commodity fetishism, consumer culture, and the aestheticization of the female body, drawing on the visual language of retail display and museum presentation. The clinical elegance of the glass dome transforms the fragment into a specimen or relic, blurring the boundaries between desire, objectification, and art-world convention.

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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surreal, Conceptual, Minimalist, Installation, American, Found Object, Sculpture, Uncanny, Fashion, Contemporary

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