by Law Blank

Artwork Description

SKIN DEEP

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This work is glitter on paper, in a shallow shadowbox frame with frosted glass, with the words "SKIN DEEP" and an image of a circa 1960s Russian military knife on the glass. This frosting creates a very focused view on the glitter the comes through, and frames the context of the image under. This image from a fashion magazine reminded me of the iconic scene from The Usual Suspects. Espionage had become so engrained in the culture of both the US and Soviet Union, that women were being recruited to gain information, at any cost. Skin deep is the unfortunate extreme these players went to for country. This grouping of work, which I am calling COVERT/OVERT, touches upon so many things that were happening culturally and politically in the 1960s. There was a huge counter-culture, fashion culture, and all wrapped up in a bow with a nice side of Cold War.

Artwork Details

Medium: Mixed Media

Genre: Pop Art