annie leibowitz, "demi moore pregnant" - vanity fair cover, 1991
paris, january 2024
pierre molinier, approx. 1965
paris, june 2023
steven meisel, "opium", parfum campaign - saint laurent, 2000
paris, september 2023
irvin klaw (?), „betty page“, approx. 1950
paris, june 2023
robert mapplethorpe, „selfportrait with wip“, 1977
berlin, september 2023
fergus greer, leigh bowery - "session III, look 14", 1990
paris, december 2023
allen jones, "chair", 1969
berlin, december 2023
peter hassmann, "valie export, aktionshose - genitalpanik", motiv 1969
berlin, june 2023
francis giacobetti, "emmanuelle" movie poster, 1974
hamburg, july 2024
gaze me
berlin, paris, hamburg 2023 ongoing
I'm engaging with my own sexual visual socialization through the erotic and sexualized imagery of the last 60 years in art, photography and advertising, which shaped both me and many others in our cultural sphere.
these exemplary images show, among other things, how much the perception of sexual norms has changed and how influential the 'male gaze' was, for example.
a subjective collection of past icons, always with myself as the protagonist.
annie leibowitz, "demi moore pregnant" - vanity fair cover, 1991
paris, january 2024
pierre molinier, approx. 1965
paris, june 2023
steven meisel, "opium", parfum campaign - saint laurent, 2000
paris, september 2023
irvin klaw (?), „betty page“, approx. 1950
paris, june 2023
robert mapplethorpe, „selfportrait with wip“, 1977
berlin, september 2023
fergus greer, leigh bowery - "session III, look 14", 1990
paris, december 2023
allen jones, "chair", 1969
berlin, december 2023
peter hassmann, "valie export, aktionshose - genitalpanik", motiv 1969
berlin, june 2023
francis giacobetti, "emmanuelle" movie poster, 1974
hamburg, july 2024
gaze me
berlin, paris, hamburg 2023 ongoing
I'm engaging with my own sexual visual socialization through the erotic and sexualized imagery of the last 60 years in art, photography and advertising, which shaped both me and many others in our cultural sphere.
these exemplary images show, among other things, how much the perception of sexual norms has changed and how influential the 'male gaze' was, for example.
a subjective collection of past icons, always with myself as the protagonist.
© thomas rusch 2025 • un autre monde est possible - patriarchy is the problem
© thomas rusch 2025 • un autre monde est possible - patriarchy is the problem