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Item: Ready to Go

Liliane Vertessen

1998

Photography, 63,2 x 50,7 cm (framed: 65 x 53 cm).
Materials: colour photograph (ed. 50 + A.P.)

Collection: M HKA, Antwerp - Donated by the artist, 1999 (Inv. no. S0258_01).

Liliane Vertessen uses her own body as an artistic medium. Photography is central to her work, often combined with feathers, sequins, sensual fabrics and neon lettering. Vertessen’s work is both an ode to the female body and a critique of the dominant male gaze that reduces women to sex objects. Ready to go shows the artist getting ready to dive into the nightlife.

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