Take a look into David Lynch’s new surreally erotic book
A director and artist occupied with the “infinite variety of the human body”, from the mutated baby of his first feature film Eraserhead to the obsessive captivation with Blue Velvet‘s Dorothy Vallens, Lynch discovers the absurdity of physicality. His cinematic work led way to his photographic interest, with the Parisian Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain holding The Air Is on Fire exhibition 10 years ago, full of paintings and photos. A decade later, the Fondation Cartier are publishing a book of more than a hundred of Lynch’s photographs, from black-and-white to full vibrant colour, the images are a selection of feminine nudes realised by the artist.
A Lynchian perspective on the female nude, his subtlety of aesthetic combines mysterious voyeurism with artistic eroticism. As sexually charged as they are atmospheric, the visions are close to abstraction alike to his art, as Lynch offers “kaleidoscopic visions of the woman”. From unusual perspectives and intriguing compositions, the collection shows fractions of limbs and smokily blurred portraits that keep the images powerfully poetic. As Lynch declared “I like to photograph naked women…it is amazing and magic to see how different [they] are”, and his considered captivation is palpable in the empowered images. A much-needed photobook to add to your Christmas list.
Take a look inside the book in the gallery below, and get a copy here for yourself, out now from Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris.
