Bodies in Contrast

In my original exhibition, I chose to hang two Saville pieces within a mirrored corridor.   The exhibition was located in an empty store front across the street from a Versace store.  The intent was to push the viewer to recognize and become aware of depictions of bodies, from the way the fashion world expects bodies to look to the way certain artists choose to portray them.

In an effort to push this comparison one step further, and provoke an interesting conversation, I would hang a photograph by Helmut Newton on the wall outside the exhibition.  Newton was a famous photography, known for his work in the fashion industry.  His images feature the conventional beauty of models, often presented in a highly sexualized image.  The image below was part of a Louis Vuitton campaign.  I think this image, of four thin, nude women, posing for a high fashion campaign, would contrast sharply with the two Saville pieces that depict larger women, shunned from the fashion world, and generally criticized for the body type.

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