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Marilyn Minter — Belly
Marilyn Minter

Belly

2008

"Belly" by Marilyn Minter is an enamel painting on aluminum that exemplifies the artist's signature approach to depicting intimate bodily details with unflinching directness. The work employs the glossy, durable qualities of industrial enamel to render skin texture and form with photorealistic precision, transforming a mundane subject into a compelling study of materiality and perception. Minter's choice of aluminum as support reinforces the work's engagement with surface and finish, blurring boundaries between fine art and commercial or industrial aesthetics.

Medium
enamel on aluminium

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Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, London

March 4, 2025

Lot 54

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Marilyn Minter, Belly, 2008

"Belly" by Marilyn Minter is an enamel painting on aluminum that exemplifies the artist's signature approach to depicting intimate bodily details with unflinching directness. The work employs the glossy, durable qualities of industrial enamel to render skin texture and form with photorealistic precision, transforming a mundane subject into a compelling study of materiality and perception. Minter's choice of aluminum as support reinforces the work's engagement with surface and finish, blurring boundaries between fine art and commercial or industrial aesthetics.

Medium
enamel on aluminium
Year
2008
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Sensual, Close Up Portrait, Digital Media, Body Art, American Artist, 21st Century, Provocative, Hyperrealism, Contemporary, Photography-based

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