About the artwork
Rie Rasmussen accompanies this photograph with the following sentence, which can be read on the back of the work: "In Cannes, with real Chopard diamonds, a little girl plays dangerous". The artist puts herself on stage, adopting the role of this "little girl". Through her role as photographer, her nudity and her defiant stance, she reappropriates her image and her body. Whether model or actress, she's used to being directed; here, she's her own director. The title underlines what the pose expresses: a form of insolence, of rebellion. In this way, Rie Rasmussen places herself in a caricatured context of American cinema and luxury, while reaffirming her agentivity and the control she exercises over her body. The photograph thus has an almost subversive quality.
Expert opinion
This photograph, Rie Rasmussen's best-known, is singular in its imposing size. In fact, there are only fifty examples of this size in the world.
About the artist
Rie Rasmussen is a multidisciplinary artist born in 1978 in Copenhagen, into a large family of nine children. At the age of 15, she left her hometown for New York, where she embarked on a career as a model and actress. She became a Gucci muse and modeled for the Victoria's Secret lingerie label. In 2002, she made her film debut as an actress in Brian de Palma's Femme Fatale. Rie Rasmussen subsequently collaborated with Luc Besson, who directed her in several of his films. Besson produced her when she began directing her own films. Rie Rasmussen is also a photographer and regularly practices the art of self-portraiture, capturing different aspects of her own artistic identity. In 2009, she published Grafiske Historier under the pseudonym Lilly Dillon, a collection of her photographs, drawings and paintings.
Additional info
3x
OTHER ARTWORKS YOU MAY LIKE
Your Dynamic Snippet will be displayed here...
This message is displayed because you did not provide both a filter and a template to use.