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DiaporamaBoy Kissing Hand
1978
40.0 x 40.0 cm
USC Fisher Museum of Art
jan saudek (czech, b. 1935) (1935 –)
Czech photographer Jan Saudek (1935-) creates dreamlike nudes & youthful figures. Influenced by Mucha, his work explores themes of love & loss through unique photography & comics.
USC Fisher Museum of Art (Los Angeles, United States of America)
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Postwar Czechoslovakia was an era of chaos, militarism, oppression, and artistic suppression. Boy Kissing Hand shows a young, shut-eyed boy kissing a hand extending from outside of the photo’s frame. The “Deputy Sheriff” badge on the boy’s jacket alludes to the police-state culture that dominated Czechoslovakia at the time. Here, Saudek employs satire to comment on the alliance between the police and the Czechoslovakian government. By casting a young boy and an older man in the image, Saudek creates a power dynamic that parallels the relationship between a subordinate and a superior within the state. Saudek employs clear visual imagery in order to inspire Czechoslovakian commoners to be conscious of the government
About this artwork
- Title: Boy Kissing Hand
- Artist: jan saudek (czech, b. 1935)
- Year: 1978
- Original dimensions: 40.0 x 40.0 cm
- Format: Square
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: USC Fisher Museum of Art
- Color hue: Blue-Violet to Rose
- Color intensity: Monochromatic
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