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Karen Mainenti

Karen Mainenti

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Collection: Product Placement

This is a series of collages of vintage Playboy pin-up shots with common consumer products obscuring their nudity. Through the juxtaposition of this cultural ephemera, I explore conventions of femininity, beauty, sexism and misogyny in the ordinary objects that surround us.
Bumble Bee Chunk White Tuna
  • Bumble Bee Chunk White Tuna, 2015
Collage
6 x 3.5 in
Betty Crocker Super Moist
  • Betty Crocker Super Moist, 2015
Collage
7 x 4.125 in
Bear Naked
  • Bear Naked, 2015
Collage
5.75 x 4.125 in
Kings Hawaiian
  • Kings Hawaiian
Collage
5.75 x 4 in
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