U.S. American artist Marilyn Minter (b. 1948) is having a moment. Her current LGDR exhibition, Elder Sex, is a sex positive look at sex after seventy. Most of the pictures feature a steamy window between camera and subject(s)-- a "filter" that both blurs and drips with sweat, tears and Bartholin lubrication. In keeping with tradition, subjects come in multiple colours, genders and sexual persuasions.
For those wanting more, check out this 2016 Time Out interview on the occasion of Minter's Brooklyn Museum retrospective, where the artist speaks on a range of topics, from buying TV ad time during the early days of Letterman ("it was only $1,800 for a 30-second spot on Letterman, while Artforum charged $5,000 for a full-page ad") to the ongoing fascination with laser hair removal:
"Many men under forty have never seen female pubic hair, so I want to make it beautiful enough to put in your living room. I also think young girls should stop lasering. You can trim your pubic hair into a question mark if you want. Just don't laser, because it won't grow back, and you'll be sorry!"
Image: Ginger (2016)
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