Artist: Robert Heinecken
Date:1989
Title: From the Recto-verso series
I find Heinecken's work very interesting. The layering of these beauty advertisements to create a controversial message about the view and sexualization on women is pretty astounding, not to mention extremely visually stimulating. These images keep you rather entertained for a while. Staring at one image you find at least three or four different images overlapped, showing through clearly only where the brightest part of the image is. It's interesting to de-layer the images in your mind and try and see which individual women/advertisements have been layered. Overall the compilation of the images results in an ambiguous assortment of skin, eyes and lips. The fact that these three things are the only things you're able to decipher is quite a statement on society's "acceptable" view on women sexuality if you ask me.
You give a great example of deconstruction while constructing. If that makes sense?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think is the reason for the layering? What is the end result? Are the images sexy, or violent? Or both? or neither? I also de-layer the images, but spend a lot of time thinking how the different lines and layers interact - how one image on top of another becomes another image.
ReplyDeletegood analysis, thx!
I think Robert Heineckens images are very sexual in nature. I think the use of multiple images layered on top of each other creates a much stronger emotion and meaning then just one image alone.
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