Play with me : dolls, women, art / Grace Banks.
Material type: TextSeries: Elephant book (Series : London, England)Publisher: London : Laurence King Publishing Ltd, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 192 pages : illustrations, colour photographs ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 178627082X
- 9781786270825
- Dolls, women, art
- 704.9497455922 23
- N8217.D687 B36 2017
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 704.9497455922 BAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A549312B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: send nudes -- Blow-up -- Muse -- Female gaze -- Cyborg.
"Artists are increasingly using doll-like human effigies to explore politics and gender in contemporary culture, ranging from radical statement to sophisticated critique. Play with Me showcases this appeal of animating the inanimate as well as the multifarious and fascinating ideas that dolls bring to life – from the way female forms have been objectified to the way dolls generate ethical and political debate to the way they represent the self. Unlike sculptures, dolls offer a living and open construct of the human figure. And artists are reacting to this human form in a manner thatʼs never been seen before, constituting an exciting new direction in contemporary art."--Publisher's website.
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