Did you instantly recognize what these sculptures were imitating? I did. They closely resemble the famous Venus of Willendorf, a nude sculpture found in Austria in 1908. This tiny limestone sculpture dates back to about 25,000 years ago. It was probably a fertility totem, as its exaggerated hips and breasts speak to, shall we say, a prehistoric male gaze.
Artists Naama Steinbock and Idan Friedman of Reddish Studios in Israel name their collection of works the “Venus of Jaffa”—a reference to the large coastal city in Israel. When the artists inflate the balloons inside the copper wire frames, they form the sensuous curves of this female archetype.
-via Colossal
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