Crush #3

Paul Kooiker (in 2009)

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The series ‘Crush’ consists of twenty photographs, of which the museum owns three. Paul Kooiker deals with a classical subject, the nude, but is not looking for ideal beauty. In messy rooms, he displays naked women more as pieces of furniture than as people. The models stand or lie in inelegant poses and seem unaware of the camera; their faces remain unrecognisable. The lack of sharp focus in some images and the nonchalant manner in which Kooiker photographs his subjects gives the suggestion that he is spying on the women. The observer is a voyeur and the female body is an object.

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Title	Crush #3
Material and technique	Black and white photograph
Object type	Photograph > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 161 cm Width 211 cm Depth 4,5 cm
Artists	Artist: Paul Kooiker
Accession number	3627 (MK)
Credits	Purchased 2010
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	2010
Creation date	in 2009
Internal exhibitions	Surreëel: foto's uit de collectie van Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2011)
External exhibitions	La La La Human Steps: A Selection from the Collection of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (2012)
Object	Photograph > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Technique	Inkjet print > Stencil screen printing technique > Printing technique > Technique > Material and technique