Treat her like an item. Part one

A beautiful woman is like an ornament. This is a truism, especially on Private Deviations, where we focus on beauty of the female body in various, sometimes strange and... erm perverted ways. And that's why today we will strip women of their humanity and look at them through the prism of using their bodies for aesthetic purposes. Let them be objects: ornaments, decorations, let's put it straight: items. Yes! Items whose only value is to beautify our surroundings.

The theme of objectification, admittedly very subtle, can be found very often in erotic photography. There are plenty of photos where models are posing on pedestals or in art galleries in one line with sculptures. As if the photographer wanted to express that these girls are also works of art, but alive. This, of course, has nothing to do with the literal objectification of a woman. Rather, it serves to emphasize her beauty, to elevate her essence. The creators' intentions may be different however and the result is an individual assessment.

Probably the same is the case with bodyart. Here, a woman is supposed to become a work of art - its carrier and integral part. Her body undergoes a transformation to achieve the desired effect, and the model is an art in itself, no matter how she is portrayed. Although a painted hostess who takes an active part in an event will be perceived differently than a passive and silent, maybe mysterious figure, who is only supposed to attract attention...

Here are just a few examples of bodypainting. We can say about them that the purpose of the models was not only to present the creators' craftsmanship, but to embody the work of art. Not only the paint, but the circumstances and the pose also matter. A personal transformation from a human being into a decorative object.

One of the older works of Lothar Poetzl. A perfectly painted model that brings to mind a garden statuette. Do you see her more as a living being or already just as beautiful object?

Here is a classic of the genre. Models styled as statues. It doesn't seem to require any comment.

Here the work of a certain Giovanni Ciraci. A model covered with paint, stylized as a garden sculpture. It's probably a good example of a good sense of aesthetics and unobtrusive eroticism...

Likewise, here in Pashur's work for Comedy Central. The girls became statues for needs of an event.

And here is a scan from Playboy magazine from 1990. We have them thanks to the user Statufied who shared them on his DeviantArt profile. This is another artistic concept where the model, thanks to her characterization, becomes a complement to a real sculpture. Or rather, they become unity. In addition, the fact that she posed naked in the middle of a crowded city adds even more sharpness to the whole.

Speaking of sculptures ... Here is probably one of the best examples of dehumanization - the literal transformation of a woman into a sculpture. A model covered in plaster and exposed to the public in a gallery. This work of art is literal: the model does not pretend to be a sculpture, but becomes a sculpture - through her pose, the material used, and the physical and emotional sacrifice she had to make, allowing herself to be solidly encased for a time. The artist himself, Marek Sulek, claims that suffering is an inseparable part of his works.

The website signature in the photos below says it all. Here, the intention was no longer an artistic experience, but a pure fetish of transformation. Photo session from years ago. A girl named Sahra was covered with gold paint and posed as a statuette. Someone got the idea to put her on the window, like a mannequin on display... So, yes! There is no intimacy of studio and courtesy here. Instead, there is direct exposure of the nakedness of the model, at the will of the creators. After all, a work of art - alive or not - was created to be seen, so it cannot feel embarrassed or ashamed...

PART TWO SOON...