Grace Banks used photos of celebrity sex dolls, such as Marilyn Monroe and Lady Gaga, in her new book “Play with Me”, trying to promote the concept of “recovering the ownership of the female body”.
The cover of this book is the sex doll version of “Girl with Pearl Earrings”.
Another photo was taken underwater, a sex doll in a red dress staring at the camera, and further physical photos depicting a realistic image of the sex doll, either lying on a double bed or two female sex dolls lying on a double bed, cuddling each other.
There are also some photos showing a sex doll, looking like the quirky singer and songwriter Lady Gaga. She will star in the new film “The Birth of a Star” with actor Bradley Cooper.
Author Grace Banks said: “This book explores the autonomy of the female body in today’s political, economic and social atmosphere, and how to use sex dolls, mannequins, computer graphics, nude neon reliefs and other female Appropriation of form.”
“Artists are regaining the ownership of the female body from the metaphors and space defined by the male-defined female body that are common in contemporary art.”
Female nude art is one of the most controversial topics in the post-Internet era. In the spring of 2016, Kim Kardashian West posted a nude photo of herself with two black stripes all over her body on Instagram.
In just a few seconds, this photo received 1.7 million likes, checked more than 336,000 comments, and was reposted thousands of times on social media, from entertainment stars and fans to ordinary people in the world. All are crazy about it.
This book was first published in 2017, and Grace hopes to use this book to highlight trends in objects commonly used for feminization, such as sex dolls, neon bar signs, and mannequins.
Some of the earliest sex dolls were invented by Dutch sailors in the 17th century, who needed someone to accompany them on long journeys at sea. Around 1992, the worldwide sex doll market grew; in the past 20 years, these love dolls looked more and more realistic, which was confirmed on the Internet.
Improvements in purchasing methods have allowed the market to grow. The global value in 2018 is estimated to exceed 20 billion U.S. dollars. Based on existing data, it can be predicted that this year’s global valuation will exceed 30 billion U.S. dollars.
Grace added: “Political activism is what I want to emphasize in these works, so I organized the chapters in the book into the most pressing issues facing women today, including the commercialization of the female body, and the influence of men on the female body in art. Prejudice, changes in gender duality, and changes in the female body in the future.”
