The Sister Project, 2004
Calendar with 13 high gloss laminated prints, 42 x 60 cm (16½ x 23½ in) each. Edition of 300, signed and numbered.
Since the 1990s, Vanessa Beecroft has been using performance art to critically reflect on social issues. Her strictly choreographed, often naked models question the relationship between the body, sexuality, image and the fashion industry. Photography plays a central role in this – both as documentation and as an independent art form. In this edition, Sister Project (2000), Vanessa Beecroft stages her sister Jennifer in twelve large-format photographs inspired by classic nudes. Through variations in light and color, each image reflects the mood of a particular month, turning the model's body into a painterly medium of expression.
