Venus in Front of a Mirror II
Vladimir Yankilevsky
Description
Subject Matter:
The series "Anatomy of Feelings" is comprised of etchings, most of them featuring nude figures with contorted or highly abstracted bodies. This work is number eighteen of the fifty prints in the series. Emphasis is frequently placed on the sexual organs. The artist, Vladimir Yankilevsky was involved with the Soviet Nonconformist Art movement and often worked under a pseudonym to avoid punishment. Through several different series of prints, including "Anatomy of Feelings," Yankilevsky explores the relationship of people and their experiences in social spaces.
Physical Description:
This print shows two views of nude women separated by a partial line in the center. The figure on the right is facing out and more naturalistically rendered, yet her body has missing parts of its torso. On the left, the figure is in profile and drawn using sparse lines to outline the general shape of the gendered attributes and is more abstracted. The print is titled, numbered, signed and dated in pencil at the bottom of the page.
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