lot 539 — Zohar Fraiman, Look Mommy, No Hands (2017)
sold in slot Digital Touch in auction Chapter 5Concluded. 2021/9/18, 3 pm to 6 pm
Concluded. 2021/9/18, 3 pm to 6 pm
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sold
Zohar Fraiman’s work "Look Mommy, No Hands" draws on sexualized imagery of the virtual world. The case looks like a makeshift laptop, with one viewing option only - to become a voyeur. It also draws parallels to Marcel Duchamp’s Museum in a Box (1935-1968). The valise famously contained miniature works, functioning just like a proper museum. By placing a painting of a young woman experimenting with her sexuality, Fraiman elegantly highlights the underlying gender dymanics of past museum curating. Naked women painted by men are the stereotypical gesture of figurative painting of the past. By consciously encasing a young naked woman into a blue valise - perhaps referencing Yves Klein who famously used nude models in his painting performances - Fraiman reverts the power play, as if holding up a mirror in the face of the strategy of using nude female bodies for calculated shock and delight. (Text: Charlie Stein)
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| minimum price | 800 € | |
| price estimate | 1.400 € | |
| sale price | 900 € |
| size | 29 x 16 x 4 cm | |
| edition | Unikat | |
| frame | No | |
| provenience | Artist | |
| condition | Perfect | |
| technique | Oil on Wood |
Zohar Fraiman’s work "Look Mommy, No Hands" draws on sexualized imagery of the virtual world. The case looks like a makeshift laptop, with one viewing option only - to become a voyeur. It also draws parallels to Marcel Duchamp’s Museum in a Box (1935-1968). The valise famously contained miniature works, functioning just like a proper museum. By placing a painting of a young woman experimenting with her sexuality, Fraiman elegantly highlights the underlying gender dymanics of past museum curating. Naked women painted by men are the stereotypical gesture of figurative painting of the past. By consciously encasing a young naked woman into a blue valise - perhaps referencing Yves Klein who famously used nude models in his painting performances - Fraiman reverts the power play, as if holding up a mirror in the face of the strategy of using nude female bodies for calculated shock and delight. (Text: Charlie Stein)
where and how to bis
You can bid directly here on the website (see above), live at the location of the auction in Berlin, vie our partner lot-tissimo, in writing using our bidding form or by phone after arranging it with the auctioneer.