
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
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, London
March 4, 2025
Lot 54
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