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Robert Heinecken — Socio/Fashion Lingerie
Robert Heinecken

Socio/Fashion Lingerie

Robert Heinecken's *Socio/Fashion Lingerie* is a provocative photo collage composed of ten internal dye-diffusion transfer prints layered with lithographic text, blurring the boundaries between advertising imagery and fine art. The work critically examines how mass media and consumer culture construct and commodify the female body, a recurring concern throughout Heinecken's practice. By combining photographic and printmaking processes, he creates a visually arresting tension between seductive imagery and the language that frames and manipulates it.

Medium
Photo collage of ten internal dye-diffusion transfer prints with lithographic text.

🔨 Auction Lot

Photographs from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

October 1, 2014

Estimate: $3,000$5,000

Sold: $7,500

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Robert Heinecken, Socio/Fashion Lingerie

Robert Heinecken's *Socio/Fashion Lingerie* is a provocative photo collage composed of ten internal dye-diffusion transfer prints layered with lithographic text, blurring the boundaries between advertising imagery and fine art. The work critically examines how mass media and consumer culture construct and commodify the female body, a recurring concern throughout Heinecken's practice. By combining photographic and printmaking processes, he creates a visually arresting tension between seductive imagery and the language that frames and manipulates it.

Medium
Photo collage of ten internal dye-diffusion transfer prints with lithographic text.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Conceptual, American, Text-Based, Mixed Media, Pop Art, Photo Collage, Fashion, Colorful, Contemporary, Satirical

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