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Photography, Black & White on Other
Size: 18 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
The Sex and Death Project explores the social taboos of sexuality and mortality. Through this work, I hope to challenge assumptions and facilitate ongoing conversations. Sex and death have been inextricably linked in areas of psychology, history, culture, and religion. The interplay between these powerful and opposing natural functions dominate the human subconscious, simultaneously attractive and repellent. For this aspect of the project, I envisioned a series of images that would incorporate the nude human form with unexpected elements of the macabre. Is the nude figure itself a sexual object, I wondered, or is more context required? Is perception of a naked body influenced by the addition of bones? What about flesh—a mummified cat, for instance, or a decapitated goat's head? How would a healthy dose of blood affect the viewer? Is there a continuum of acceptability for these images, or are all tainted by the addition of visceral representations of death? See more of the Sex and Death Project here: https://www.lagrotesquerie.com/sex-and-death
Photography:Black & White on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:18 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Karen Nemes is a cheerful subversive based in South Bend, Indiana. Her passions include rogue taxidermy, social justice activism, and punk music. Her work is produced under the studio name "La Grotesquerie." All animals used by La Grotesquerie are ethically sourced. The majority are made from reclaimed rodadkill that Karen collects, cleans, and repurposes into unique characters. No animals are killed for the creation of these pieces. Karen is an award-winning artist, placing second at the 2015 Baltimore Taxidermy Open, first at the 2016 Philadelphia Alt Taxidermy Competition, winning "Most Whimsical" at the 2016 Baltimore Taxidermy Open, and taking second place at the 2017 Baltimore Taxidermy Open. Karen finds her work to be a profoundly transformational experience. She writes: "For as long as I can remember, I felt inadequate: broken, defective, not-good-enough...In my work, I am continually drawn to the broken, damaged, often mangled forms of animals whose lives have been cut short, often in violent ways. You may see something morbid, disgusting, and broken; I see the potential and opportunity that hides beneath the battered bodies. Working with blood, flesh, and bone is an intimate and organic process. In the hours I spend with each dead animal, a personal connection develops that borders on love. Every time it works—when something is preserved and made new—my soul claims a victory. I heal myself with every scrape and stitch."
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