Article: Totally my ass.(Piotr Uklanski's Untitled (GingerAss))

PIOTR UKLANSKI Untitled (GingerAss), 2002

PIOTR UKLANSKI took a photograph of my ass. My naked buttocks are shown in full frame--a stretch mark here, a freckle there; my curves are far from heroin chic. The rest of my body is almost entirely cropped out, save a bit of upper thigh. From the arch of my upper back, it is obvious that I am slightly bending over, flashing my ass to the camera as if begging for a good smack, or perhaps longing for something else. It is certainly an inappropriate pose for a museum curator to assume in front of an artist.

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