Nikki Darling reviews E! Entertainment for The Art Book Review, alongside Laurie Weekss Zipper Mouth and Samantha Cohens Gossip (my favorite chapbook of last year). One of her brilliant observations of E!: By the end of E! Durbin has illustrated a world in which to live freely within the patriarchal system one must literally turn themselves into an object zombie. This ability to craft an entirely new existence and live it fully is for Durbin the true wonder of modernity, not its gadgets, not its philosophies, but its very ability to reframe desire and morality. Its speed and precision moving quickly across the pink palettes of these wives’ faces, their scars tucked beneath wigs, their eyes pulled tight, their lips glossed and plump. A piece of shrimp tiger tail, hanging delicately from a cupid bow, unfelt and unknown to its host lip, sensation having been lost years ago after the fifth Restylane injection.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 20:17:51 +0000
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