Returning the Gaze

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Tired of the representations of Iranian women by men of her own culture and by foreigners, Shadi Gadhirian decided to use images of women where she mimicked the stereotypes but incorporated subtle elements of subversion. Photo by Shadi Gadhirian (via Images from Bangladesh, Iran, South Africa and Sri Lanka. | August 2007 | New Internationalist)

Returning the Gaze

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Tired of the representations of Iranian women by men of her own culture and by foreigners, Shadi Gadhirian decided to use images of women where she mimicked the stereotypes but incorporated subtle elements of subversion. Photo by Shadi Gadhirian (via Images from Bangladesh, Iran, South Africa and Sri Lanka. | August 2007 | New Internationalist)

2 days ago

self-portrait

surrealism is a bug in the gpoyw matrix

3 days ago
 
Alberto Giacometti, Cartier-Bresson

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Alberto Giacometti, Cartier-Bresson

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1 week ago
Rosalind Russell in Trouble For Two, 1936.  Photo by George Hurrell.

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Rosalind Russell in Trouble For Two, 1936.  Photo by George Hurrell.

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‘Petit mannequin’ Erich Comeriner 1930’s

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‘Petit mannequin’ Erich Comeriner 1930’s

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robert aldrich, kiss me deadly, 1955

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robert aldrich, kiss me deadly, 1955

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The Unsuspected




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The Unsuspected

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Dead of Night
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Dead of Night

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L’opera Grafica by Domenico Gnoli

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L’opera Grafica by Domenico Gnoli

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2 weeks ago
pfffffffffffftttt..........

i’m tweaking my theme and reblogs were automatically stripped in the faulty theme I used, it’s back to normal now.

there’s no need to swear and make a lot of noise.  besides I’ve reblogged from adski_kafeteri for ages, you know… it’s not like livejournal is the centre of the universe.

any idea who’s the author?  not adski_kafeteri, that’s for sure.

plus I hate people swearing at me.    be nice and get the same in return.

2 weeks ago
Eileen Agar wearing her piece ‘Ceremonial Hat for Eating Bouillabaisse’, c.1936

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Eileen Agar wearing her piece ‘Ceremonial Hat for Eating Bouillabaisse’, c.1936

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2 weeks ago
Salvador Dalí: Retrospective Bust of a Woman, 1933

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Salvador Dalí: Retrospective Bust of a Woman, 1933 (this object had to be reconstructed in 1970 (see below), but this apparently is a photo of the original…)
“In 1931 Dalí described Surrealist sculpture as “absolutely useless and created wholly for the purpose of materializing in a fetishistic way, with maximum tangible reality, ideas and fantasies of a delirious character.” Made just a few years after this provocative statement, Retrospective Bust of a Woman not only presents a woman as an object, but explicitly as one to be consumed. A long phallic baguette crowns her head, cobs of corns dangle around her neck, and ants swarm along her forehead as if gathering crumbs. When this work was exhibited in 1933, Pablo Picasso’s dog is reputed to have eaten the original loaf of bread.” - MoMA xhibition label

Salvador Dalí: Retrospective Bust of a Woman, 1933

.—via i12bent sez:Closing with a few more Surrealist objects and images:

Salvador Dalí: Retrospective Bust of a Woman, 1933 (this object had to be reconstructed in 1970 (see below), but this apparently is a photo of the original…)

“In 1931 Dalí described Surrealist sculpture as “absolutely useless and created wholly for the purpose of materializing in a fetishistic way, with maximum tangible reality, ideas and fantasies of a delirious character.” Made just a few years after this provocative statement, Retrospective Bust of a Woman not only presents a woman as an object, but explicitly as one to be consumed. A long phallic baguette crowns her head, cobs of corns dangle around her neck, and ants swarm along her forehead as if gathering crumbs. When this work was exhibited in 1933, Pablo Picasso’s dog is reputed to have eaten the original loaf of bread.” - MoMA xhibition label

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—via ramacharaka

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Ernie Kovacs

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Ernie Kovacs

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2 weeks ago