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Pussy Magazine #1, #2, #3
Spoof fashion magazine, 3 issues 18 - 32 - 26 photographs over 44 pages each Softcover 27.1 x 20 cm Printed on 120 gsm art paper and partly laminated Limited edition (self-published) Printed and stapled in Germany Düsseldorf 2018 |
This bookwork is about the social invisibility of the female of a certain age, and it comes in the shape of style tips for the invisible woman aged 40+, 50+, 60+ or, heaven forbid, even older than that. Each issue is centred around a different aspect of the topic. #1 - Cool & Bitchy@Workplace - is about women working in male-dominated power structures. With #2 - Pussy’s Portfolio: So Many Shapes of Pink - the idea was to give all the hopefuls out there hands-on inspiration in order to help them further their own modelling careers and brands. #3 - Pussy Goes to Hollywood - is about work in the movie industry; in other words, in Weinstein country.
I started this project way before the #metoo discussion started but it is obviously fed by similar concerns. Being as non-didactic, light-handed and downright silly as possible, my approach is playful verging on the absurd. Similar to my earlier "Bruno Is a Celebrity", I want to explore an area where politics, beauty and comedy interact. Pussy Magazine is also another example of my deep interest in and fascination with the effects that image and text can have on each other when they are played properly. Pussy Magazine is also a tribute to the female super ager, to the female unperturbed by the male gaze and, last but not least, to my very own, very talented and completely undaunted supermodel. |