The Masterpiece
Object/brooch
Object/brooch
Framingimportance for the value of the object.
By usingexpression “framing” I mean not just putting a picture into frames, butdisplaying, exposing, exhibiting the object. In “The Masterpiece” framing isexpressed in really straightforward way by using cheap, kitsch frame, which layclaim to remind the luxury ones.
Materialimportance for the value of the object.
Paradox:pretentious frame is made of cheap and bad quality plastic.
Worthlessness:claim to luxury appearance by cheap materials.
Contrast:golden plate is exhibited in cheap, kitsch frame.
Relation tothe body.
What haschanged, when picture with frames is situated on the body? Body becomes aportable space for exhibiting as little gallery. What is exhibited – frame orbody, framed area or all surface? Person becomes not the wearer, but the demonstrator.
By usingexpression “framing” I mean not just putting a picture into frames, butdisplaying, exposing, exhibiting the object. In “The Masterpiece” framing isexpressed in really straightforward way by using cheap, kitsch frame, which layclaim to remind the luxury ones.
Materialimportance for the value of the object.
Paradox:pretentious frame is made of cheap and bad quality plastic.
Worthlessness:claim to luxury appearance by cheap materials.
Contrast:golden plate is exhibited in cheap, kitsch frame.
Relation tothe body.
What haschanged, when picture with frames is situated on the body? Body becomes aportable space for exhibiting as little gallery. What is exhibited – frame orbody, framed area or all surface? Person becomes not the wearer, but the demonstrator.
