September 11th, 2009 / 2:26 am
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Jimmy Chen
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History of the crotch shot
Thanks to Catherine Lacey’s post, HTMLGIANT will be venturing into art now and then. I’d like to begin with the crotch, which seems to be fertile territory for art. I’ll spare you any commentary, other than this might retroactively explain our fascination with the “crotch shot.” To NSFW this would be sadly regressive, so I won’t.

Courbet, "The Origin of the World" (1866)

Duchamp "Étant donnés" (1966)

Hans Bellmer (Unknown) (c. 1930)

Robert Gober "Untitled" (1994)

Tom Friedman "Aluminum Foil Birth" (1998)

John Currin "Rotterdam" (2006)

Mapplethorpe "Lisa with Scorpion" (1983)

Cindy Sherman "Untitled #250" (1992)

Britney Spears, Untitled (c. 2007)

"Family Guy," Untitled (c. 2008)
Tags: Britney Spears, crotch shot







