Josephine Meckseper

Untitled (End Democracy) (Detail)

Josephine Meckseper, The Complete History of Postcontemporary Art The Saatchi Gallery
 

Josephine Meckseper

Untitled (End Democracy)
(Detail)

2005
Inkjet print, Plexiglas, plastic mannequin torso, metal stand, mirror on wood
144 x 122 x 122 cm

Josephine Meckseper’s Untitled (End Democracy) uses minimalist aesthetic as a tool of numbing seduction. Set atop a display unit reminiscent of Robert Morris’s mirrored cubes, Meckseper presents a lingerie shop mannequin and a Communist rally poster, converting their cold manufactured presence into a monument of classical heroism. Reflecting its surrounds, Untitled exudes an entrancing charisma, encapsulating all as equal its torpid and alluring wake.

 
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