Crowned Heads

Crowned Heads

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Crowned Heads, 2009

Screen-print on paper
74.0 x 57.5 inches (188 x 146 cm)
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

Screen-print on paper
74.0 x 57.5 inches (188 x 146 cm)
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

The Crowned Heads series continues the artist’s photographic exploration of the staging of the self and visualisation of life. Using digital tools, Valérie Belin introduces a new technique into her work here: overprinting. The artist began by metamorphosing her young women subjects into “beauty queens,” based on stereotypes from the world of beauty pageants. She then superimposed several photographs of the same model, deliberately creating a sense of visual uncertainty that questions the reality of these “icons.” The ghostly and phantasmal aspect is heightened by the background colour, which shows through the models’ skin, recalling the aesthetic of computer-generated images.

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    Screen-print on paper
    74.0 x 57.5 inches (188 x 146 cm)
    Edition of 3 + 1 AP

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    Têtes couronnées #2

    Screen-print on paper
    74.0 x 57.5 inches (188 x 146 cm)
    Edition of 3 + 1 AP

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    Têtes couronnées #3

    Screen-print on paper
    74.0 x 57.5 inches (188 x 146 cm)
    Edition of 3 + 1 AP

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    Têtes couronnées #4

    Screen-print on paper
    74.0 x 57.5 inches (188 x 146 cm)
    Edition of 3 + 1 AP

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    Têtes couronnées #5

    Screen-print on paper
    74.0 x 57.5 inches (188 x 146 cm)
    Edition of 3 + 1 AP

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