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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Digital Archive Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology
Art Silvia Kolbowski, Model Pleasure III
Model Pleasure III, by Silvia Kolbowski, 1983

Silvia Kolbowski, Artist
Model Pleasure III , 1983

Medium
8 gelatin silver prints, 4 chromogenic development prints
Dimensions
18 x 72 in. (45.7 x 182.9 cm) overall
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Ralph M. Parsons Fund. Image courtesy of Silvia Kolbowski; photo Takahira Imamura

The juxtapositions presented in Silvia Kolbowski's work allude to the violence, pleasure, and embedded ideologies of power and sexuality that structure representation. Kolbowski draws on techniques of appropriation and montage as well as aspects of psychoanalytic, linguistic, and feminist theory to critique the representation of femininity and, by extension, culture at large.