Christina Ramberg's artwork provides a nuanced perspective on femininity through depersonalized paintings of women's bodies, exploring how beauty ideals are shaped by consumer culture. Inspired by her mother's use of a corset to create the hourglass figure preferred by men, Ramberg conveys both fascination and repulsion in her art. Her works often feature close-ups of body parts, like corseted torsos and high-heeled feet, without showing faces, emphasizing the societal pressures placed on women's bodies to conform. As noted by fellow artist Riva Lehrer, these portraits let the body narrate the experiences of femininity and societal expectations.
Ramberg's paintings, which fixated on the artifice of the female body, reflect both fascination and repulsion toward societal beauty standards and consumer culture.
The images feature torsos strapped into corsets, feet shoved into high heels, and arranged updos, highlighting the tension between beauty and unnaturalness.
In these depersonalized portraits, the absence of faces pushes the body to communicate, as noted by Riva Lehrer: 'Without the face, the body must tell all.'
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