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Marilyn Minter — Blue Shower
Marilyn Minter

Blue Shower

A hyper-realistic depiction of a figure bathed in cascading water, rendered in Minter's signature style that blurs the boundary between photography and painting. Shimmering droplets and streaks of blue-toned water distort the surface of the skin, creating a lush, sensory experience that is simultaneously intimate and abstracted. The work explores themes of beauty, desire, and the body through a wet, glittering lens that is both glamorous and visceral.

Medium
Enamel on metal

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

October 17, 2013

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Marilyn Minter, Blue Shower

A hyper-realistic depiction of a figure bathed in cascading water, rendered in Minter's signature style that blurs the boundary between photography and painting. Shimmering droplets and streaks of blue-toned water distort the surface of the skin, creating a lush, sensory experience that is simultaneously intimate and abstracted. The work explores themes of beauty, desire, and the body through a wet, glittering lens that is both glamorous and visceral.

Medium
Enamel on metal
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Female gaze, American, Photorealism, Water, Sensory Experience, Painting, Figurative, Contemporary

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