The Doll You Love To Undress
- type of object: sculpture
- date: 1997
- material/technique: 3 dolls, 3 card boxes
- dimensions: 52 x 17 x 12 cm x 3
- inventory No.: RZ-43
In the 1990s, Libera designed three types of dolls: Ken’s Aunt (1994), You Can Shave the Baby (1995) and The Doll You Love to Undress (1998). These are mass-produced items that resemble products commonly available on the market. The artist explores the issue of learning certain behaviours through play. From an early age, we are taught standards of beauty, gender roles and personality patterns. Children’s toys are tools for disciplining the body and manipulating consciousness. Libera alters the typical appearance of dolls. Ken’s Aunt has a full, rounded figure in contrast to the unnaturally slim proportions of Ken and Barbie. You Can Shave the Baby is a toy with abundant hair, through which Libera comments on the widespread compulsion for women to have perfectly smooth bodies. Similarly, The Doll You Love to Undress, instead of an ideal body, reveals its exposed entrails.
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