Word: mannequins
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Inspirations of Tanenhaus include her father, who is also a visual artist. “Dad collects mannequin legs,” says Tanenhaus. “We have a couple sticking out of the lawn in the backyard.” Tanenhaus also mentions a Dali painting with eyes on a plate, which may or may not have been formative. “It’s kind of a cheap shot,” she says. “If you have a limb where it’s not supposed to be, it’s going...
...this as troubling as it seems? What does getting jiggy with a mannequin say about where we are as a species? Humans have always practiced self-love, it's just that faking it has never looked this real. Except for the faint seams down their sides and fingers that bend in weird directions, the dolls are almost uncomfortably lifelike. Unlike many inflatable partners or love toys, Realdolls don't come with vibrators, ticklers or other enhancements. McMullen wanted them to be as natural as possible. When I ask why he didn't give them cellulite and a voice recording that...
Cassini, now 88, has complained that the Met show makes it appear that he slavishly copied French originals or took explicit directions from his famous client. But Jackie was plainly nobody's mannequin. She knew what she wanted, and she didn't hesitate to tell Cassini. In collaboration with dressmakers at Bergdorf Goodman, the New York City department store, she even designed her Inaugural ball gown. She had her snarky side too. "I imagine you will want to put some of my dresses in your collection," she once wrote to Cassini. "But I want all mine to be originals...
This is Beat Takeshi country, this TV Asahi soundstage that looks like one part Vegas lounge and one part Starship Enterprise. In front of a long desk where Beat holds court is a large half dome with flashing neon lights. Behind him in cylindrical pods are a contorted mannequin's torso, several fake strands of DNA and blinking white Christmas tree lights. Flanked by lesser television personalities and second-tier celebrities, Beat Takeshi presides on TV Tackle as the highest of Japanese pop culture royalty, an imperious entertainer whose every twitch and tick and grunt and sniffle elicit commentary...
...couldn't help thinking of those scenes in World War II movies when the German guards take their daily count of Allied prisoners, not realizing that one of the "prisoners" is an artfully designed mannequin...