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Elisabeth-Louise Vigée- Lebrun, Self portrait in a Straw Hat, 1782
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ONANIA
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1.refined,
elegant pink
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1.all
in pink
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2.mystery
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2.repeatability
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3.circumstantial
evidence of the inner world
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3.appearance
of conventions
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4.friction
between private and public needs
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5.balance
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6.pleasant
surprise
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6.wig
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7.sensuality
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7.dazzling
with ugliness
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8.engagement
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8.pornography
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9.Francis
Bacon`s painting
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Mixture
of an apricot custard with turpentine taste, intense like Chanels` NO 5.
The
ambiguity of his work affects the viewer imagination and provokes the
effort to “look through” his works.
Manski`s pink cave is filled with dummies, wigs, furs,
and tool cabinets, which brings loneliness or other serious
feelings. Main advantage of his art is its concentration and determination to find the
right form for invented ideas describing contemporary world.
Therefore the greatest part of Manski`s artistic statement is his
self portrait, depicted the artist who doesn`t tell us his
preaches with all do's and don'ts, which we all should be aware. He rather tells us more about his researchers and thoughts than about the ideas invented for building up the art market with its funny values.
Free
flow of ideas is contained in the form supplied with obsessive fetish,
which can be powerful only when it is authentic.
I
liked Manskis` pink, which might be very tricky and easily
turn into chip and trashy pinki pink. His version is more refined. In my opinion can be associated with Coco Channel or femininity
represented by Elisabeth-Louise
Vigée- Lebrun in Self
portrait in a Straw Hat,
1782. Therefore
I think that Jan Manski should patent his pink because of its
undeniable picturesque abilities.
Shortcuts
Pink
dental chair, hypochondriac fears combined with pleasure comes from
maintaining a fetish, failure popping up form latex porn movies,
cybernetic Hasior*, fly trapped in amber.
Monika Waraxa 5/05/2012, London
Jan Manski
Onania
20/04-05/05/2012 Rochelle School, London
http://www.rochelleschool.org/
*Władysław
Hasior (1928-1999), Polish artist
(...)
I
use materials that mean something, whispering. Each item has its own
sense, and its complexity gives an
aphorism.(...)
