HANS BELLMER (1902 – 2975)
“the body is like a sentence that invites us to rearrange it, so that its real meaning becomes clear through a series of endless anagrams” – Hans Bellmer
Bellmer’s work focuses on constructing staged scenes that reflect his
erotic, voyeuristic and fetishtic sexual fantasies with the use of broken doll pieces. It could be interpreted that Bellmer is depicting his need for power and control through his mutilated and distorted dolls, by recreating events in his personal life, exposing his obsessive, aggressive and emotional attitude to the female sex.
There is a definite eerie and sinister feel to Bellmers female sculptures,
as he disassembles and reassemles them within different scenes, altering their initial form, then
re-photographing and printing them, making it important when viewing to acknowledge
the print and sculpture both as artworks.
These manipulated depictions of the doll imply Bellmer’s obsessive sexual desires are being projected thought the use of power and control, with him playing the role of the master and the
doll as the masterful.
KAYLEIGH ADAMS 