Mannequins (2nd of February 2013)
Mannequin dolls were made to be still for arbitrary long time. They wear clothes and take poses that would quickly numb human
muscles.
In the context of illustration, painting and sculpting, mannequin dolls were used mostly to wear clothes for the purpose of
precisely painting or modeling the garment folds. This was particularly common before the onset of a cheap and quick photography.
My mannequin in this post is a poet. He is a small wooden doll about fifteen centimeters high which I paid about thirty kunas. Sometimes
I put him in some pose and I imagine what he wants to say. For example, the mannequin on the image above may be saying:
And I'll pick up all my things
Everything I have I bought with you
But that's alright too
It's just everything I do
We did together
And there's a little piece of you
In whatever
Kate Bush, "You're the one"
This mannequin is overly sensitive, and his poetry constantly dances on the edge of sugary kitsch.
The mannequin above sings slowly, on the edge of crying:
San Francisco, Ashtabula
You're gonna have to leave me now, I know
But I'll see you in the sky above
In the tall grass, in the ones I love
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
Bob Dylan, "You're gonna make me lonesome when you go"
And finally, the third mannequin (above) sings:
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah!
David Bowie, "Moonage daydream"
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Last updated on 2nd of February, 2013.