"A radical reinvention of the pinup." I was interested in exploring the very formalized language of the classic illustrated pin-up poster — with its sexualized, male-gaze objectification — but breaking it down into such absurdly abstracted basic sculptural shapes (made of simulated sandstone and steel) that any sexuality invoked must necessarily be happening partially in the mind of the viewer. I'm making the viewer complicit in the objectification.
This image is part of a series I created (using Blender and acrylic paint) called Sandstone Eros. I launched an online shop to sell these things as premium giclée fine art prints, rather than cheap posters, as I think regarding and selling these as "high art" adds to their impact somehow. As my description goes on the shop's website (shop.edlundart.com), the work is "equal parts geometric abstraction, elegant 1980's Italian furniture design, subverted male gaze objectification, and deadpan Scandinavian humor — while somehow referencing everything from BDSM to Atlanta stripper aesthetics without showing any skin."

















