I'm also an art critic. (Just like everybody else.)

[Loulit01]

'It transforms a person into a thing': Why there's more to Man Ray's iconic nude Le Violon d'Ingres than it seems

Man Ray's 1924 image Le Violon d'Ingres, of a woman's body transformed into a violin, has continued to fascinate, confuse and upset viewers, more than 100 years on.

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First Impression: Nice ass.

Upon Further Reflection: I should have been an artist. They have an inexhaustible fount of ideas that convince women to take off their clothes.

I will be in Manhattan December 8th for the 45th annual John Lennon tribute at Strawberry Fields. I plan to train in early in the morning and spend a few hours at the Met, coinciding with the Man Ray exhibit. I'm looking forward to seeing this photograph I find so intriguing. While not a big fan of Man Ray, I'm open to taking another look where a collection of his work will be displayed to good advantage. I could be wrong about him. I've been wrong before, I've been told.

The model is Alice Prin, known as "Kiki de Montparnasse."
A multi-talented young lady, Kiki was a well known chanteuse. By placing the f-holes in her back, he silences and objectifies her. While the violin can produce transcendent music, in the wrong hands and it can be a shrieking, discordant victim of abuse. So what is Man Ray saying about his lover Kiki? Does the the picture reflect how he sometimes sees her? Or is he protesting the way societies relegate women, directly and indirectly, as less then? Less then men. Less then citizens? Less then serious artists? He has hollowed her out.

Damned if I know. I'm just a semi-educated immigrant watching my back for ICE. I do know it's hard to take my eyes from Kiki's provocative obverse. And it makes me think. If making me people think is resoundingly inspired purpose for an art work, and I think it is, then it's a great a piece.

And there you have it: My considered opinion, just like almost everyone else's, is that the work is good.

You're welcome.

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

First Impression: Nice ass

All we get is plumbers crack?...

 

[Sven Karma]

All we get is plumbers crack?...

It's all good unless your crack is chock full of someone else's nuts

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

It's all good unless your crack is chock full of someone else's nuts

Man I picked the perfect handle for all kinds of possible comments. Love it.

 

[Loulit01]

 

[GIJane]

"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves."
Brendan Behan (Irish dramatist, 1923-64)

 

[Loulit01]

"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves."
Brendan Behan (Irish dramatist, 1923-64)

Writers mock Critics

Film at 11.

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

No need to facepalm. To each their own.

I appreciate art. And love a 'perfect moment' photo. Just doesn't speak to me.

I am more into painted in a medium with talent I couldn't dream of touching. As long as it doesn't look like some abstract art an elephant slung on some canvas. Though it should go for more than some 'art' I've seen. Because an elephant did it.

Years ago did work for a couple where she was a family issue lawyer, and he was an 'artist'.
The studio room? Paint slopped all over large sheets of thick paper(4x5'?)

Can I get some of that blotter from whoever you got it from?