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Paul Blanca “Deformation”
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Zwolle, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since November 2019 • 7 sales
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Paul Blanca: The Amsterdam Photographer of Disgust and Aesthetics
Paul Blanca (born 1958), Paul Vlaswinkel, is a Dutch photographer who rose to prominence in the 1980s with his controversial and violent photographs. In New York, he was mentored by Robert Mapplethorpe, who called the young photographer his only real rival. He doesn't shy away from confrontation, mutilating himself with razors and arrows or portraying heroin prostitutes in their moment of surrender. In "Par La Pluie Des Femmes" (Women's Puffs), he asks women about their most traumatic memories while capturing them naked and usually crying. In "Deformation," he distorts human bodies. Here, he makes the viewer ponder the relative limits of the human physique by distorting his models with wire. Despite the repulsive subject matter, Blanca manages to aesthetically capture the moment. Blanca's photographs provoke the viewer to reflect on what beauty is and thus remain intriguing. His more recent works, such as "Court Portraits," which were on display at the Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle, or the photo series "Road to the Netherlands," for which he went into nature, are quite different.
Minor, unobtrusive damage (scratch, see photo).
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ConditionVery goodColorsBlack, WhiteMaterialPaperNumber of items1First ownerYesOrientationPortraitArt sizeMediumHeight62 cmWidth52 cmSigns of usageScratches
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Zwolle, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since November 2019 • 7 sales