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In reply to the discussion: Russian oligarch's girlfriend sparks MLK day firestorm after posing on naked 'black woman' chair for [View all]Beacool
(30,257 posts)It's by British artist Allen Jones. In 1969 he did three female figures: "Hatstand", "Table" and "Chair". Chair is at the Tate Museum in London.
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Russian Socialite Says Posing On Black Woman Bondage Chair Was 'Art'
A Russian socialite who was photographed posing on a chair sculpted to look like a naked black woman is defending the image as art that was "published completely out of context."
Zhukova also denied the photograph was racist, arguing the image was intended to comment on racial politics.
"This photograph, which has been published completely out of context, is of an art work intended specifically as a commentary on gender and racial politics," she said in a statement, as quoted by the Guardian. "I utterly abhor racism, and would like to apologise to anyone who has been offended by this image."
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