Before the golden
age of photo manipulation, extreme breast augmentation, Penthouse and
Victoria’s Secret, randy men the world over turned to pin-up art for a
thrill. The artwork reflected the rampant consumerism of the mid-century,
offering sexuality as a product: processed, packaged, and sold. Mostly
anonymous, the women in the paintings are coy, sexual confections in
fantastical settings. The images reflect a bright, sanitized, and
Caucasian reality where feminism has no place. Gil Elvgren was the best
pin-up artist the world has ever known, at least according to his own
website. Like his contemporary Norman
Rockwell, Elvgren also worked from staged photographs, changing facial
features, expressions, and atmosphere at will in the final painting. And
like many of Rockwell’s illustrations, the paintings present an idealized
vision of American life. Click here to read more about
Elvgren.
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