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OverviewThroughout her career, photographer Laurie Simmons (1949) has staged scenes with dolls, dummies and occasionally people for her camera. In the fall of 2009, Simmons opened a new chapter to her work and ordered a customized, high-end “Love Doll” from Japan. The surrogate sex partner arrived in a crate, clothed in a transparent slip and accompanied by a separate box containing an engagement ring and genitalia. Simmons documented her photographic relationship with this human scale “girl,” depicting the lifelike, latex doll in an ongoing series of “actions”--each shown and titled chronologically from the day Simmons received the doll up to the present, describing the relationship she developed with her model. The first days of somewhat formal and shy poses give way to an ever-increasing familiarity and comfort level as time passes. A second doll arrived one year later. This new character, and the interaction between the two, reveal yet another dynamic in composition, both formal and psychological. In search of a stage for her Love Doll, Simmons turned to her own home, transforming it into an artfully staged, color coordinated, oversized dollhouse. A tale of disquieting adult fantasy, desire and regret, The Love Doll accompanies the complete photographic series with the artist’s diary entries and is printed on a special paper to evoke the touch of a Love Doll’s skin. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Laurie Simmons , Lynne Tillman , Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn , Laurie SimmonsPublisher: Baldwin Gallery Imprint: Baldwin Gallery/Salon 94 Gallery/Tomio Koyama Gallery/Wilkinson Gallery Dimensions: Width: 23.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 31.00cm Weight: 1.134kg ISBN: 9780615596891ISBN 10: 0615596894 Pages: 120 Publication Date: 17 January 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsIn these staged photos, the doll scales walls, takes bubbles baths, and, along the way, become a regular part of Simmons' life.--Brad Bridgers DuJour (09/01/2012) In these staged photos, the doll scales walls, takes bubbles baths, and, along the way, become a regular part of Simmons' life.--Brad Bridgers Du Jour Magazine (09/01/2012) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |