Jen Haze Smiles and Irons
Collectrium Number
107.131.482
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Artist
Richard Kern
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Title
Jen Haze Smiles and Irons
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Date
1995
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Medium
c-print
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14.0 "
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11.0 "
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Art Form
photography
painting, sculpture, printmaking...
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1/10
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Period/movement
Impressionism, Surrealism...
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Artist Biography
Kern is a regular
contributor to Vice and Purple and
has published 11 books. His films and photographs have been exhibited at MOMA,
The Whitney Museum, and in more than 30 solo shows around the world. Kern is
included in the exhibition YOU
KILLED ME FIRST: The Cinema of Transgression,
which opens at the KW Institute in Berlin from February 21st, 2012.
Description
Retail value: $2,250
Starting bid: $800
Framing provided by Skyframe
Starting bid: $800
Framing provided by Skyframe
This photo is an outtake from a
series included in Kern’s now-infamous publication New York Girls (1995),
a book that documents the city’s burgeoning scene of tattooed, pierced, and
S&M-influenced girls—all nude, of course. Kern is well-known for blurring
sexy with downright creepy; however, the model in this print seems demure,
charming the viewer with her winsome smile and off-kilter breasts. Although the
model may appear kittenish, nothing in Kern’s work is completely wholesome;
this photograph was made in conjunction with a shoot for the porno mag Barely
Legal.