One of the themes that Hans Bellmer explores is the idea of perversion. Inspired by Freudian concepts, Hans Bellmer explores his own sub-conscious and expresses them in a sculpture series of "young maidens." His goal? "To construct an artificial girl with anatomical possibilities... capable of re-creating the heights of passion, even to inventing new desires."
His work fascinates me for many reasons, especially in our post-modern society where we are constantly bombarded with images of ideal beauty and sexuality. A brave (especially in his time - 1930s) and very personal approach to exploring the inner workings of our sub-conscious desires.
His work inspires me to explore concepts of physical desire through stretch fabrics - I will start my exploration this week by using stretch fabrics to create illusions of anatomical modifications and will post my findings by the end of the week.
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