'Bodice Ripper' Bodice....
Denim
fabric, paper fragments from popular romantic novels, ribbons, zip and
stitching.
Artist's Statement:
This piece is from a series of Bodices and Corsets, and was
inspired by the term 'bodice-ripper', which the Concise Oxford English
Dictionary describes as: noun, humorous, a sexually explicit historical
novel or film: a modern Gothic novel or historical
romance, usually in paperback
format, featuring at least one passionate
love scene, characteristically one in which
the heroine vainly resists submitting
to the villain or hero.
Such stories are often
historical, and usually regarded with humour, as the good looking experienced
hero introduces the innocent heroine to the delights and passions of love,
ripping off her bodice in his urgent
desire! My bodice is a humorous slant
on the hugely popular books that are devoured by thousands of women of all
ages, seeking the thrill of romance. It
is made from ubiquitous denim fabric, with a modern zip, but laced in the
traditional way at the back. The design
of 'corset bones' on the bodice are 'saucy' fragments from several different
bodice-ripper novels, and at a distance, you can see the shape of breasts
gently painted on the fragments. The
torn and frayed edges play on the word ripped.....
Rosemary Cassidy Buswell,
February 2012.
www.rosemarycassidybuswell.com
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