2011 / C-type print / 60cm x 60cm / edition of 5
Drape (Cavalcade)
Drape uses vintage pin-up photographs as its source material. These photographs, probably mostly from the 1950s and 60s, depict women that are posed in interior (semi-) domestic sets in front of curtains or drapes.
After scanning these pin-up photographs, the curtains or drapes were digitally extended in order to partially obscure the women.
The background (the drapes or curtains) and foreground (the model’s body) are exchanged and this digital manipulation causes a rupture within the scene. Once the backdrop falls in front of the model, showing just parts of her body, our voyeuristic desire becomes clearer.
By deflecting and redirecting the viewer’s gaze, our attention is drawn to the rest of the scene that sets the fantasy, yet often remains overlooked.
Drape (Cavalcade) and Drape (Centrefold) are derived from the 1960s men’s magazine Cavalcade (and retain their original size and layout in relation to the magazine page, with blank areas standing in for excised text).
Drape (BF) are derived from Brad Feuerhelm's eclectic collection of erotic and pornographic photographs.
B/F (in bookkeeping) means brought forward, and refers also to background/foreground (the background being brought forward) as well as the initials of the lender of my source photographs.
