{"product_id":"why-i-got-into-art-vaseline-muses","title":"Why I Got Into Art (Vaseline Muses)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished anonymously on the occasion of Mike Kelley’s solo exhibition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy I Got into Art\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, in 1989, this publication might initially read as a pin-up sequence. Upon closer inspection, we encounter re-photographed images of 1970s feminist artists\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eincluding Yoko Ono, Carolee Schneemann, Hannah Wilke, and Lynda Benglis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edocumented in happenings, performances, guerrilla actions, avant-garde theatre, or gallery advertisements. To emulate the look of vintage soft-core adult magazines, Kelley photographed the original images through a Vaseline-smeared lens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe question remains: is this really the reason Kelley “got into art”? Or, acting as the astute psychologist he was, does he play with stereotypes surrounding female corporeality in order to lure the viewer into the role of a voyeur?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54386085757267,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/WhyIGot.png?v=1784815495","url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/products\/why-i-got-into-art-vaseline-muses","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}