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Meta Treble Clefs

This photograph is a reference to Man Ray's 1924 "Ingres Violin." The modification of the title and the addition of the "Meta," a timely phrase typical of our time, are only the beginning of the dialogue with Ray. Radek von Hirschberg's work, created 102 years later, is not only in black and white but also digitally produced with a sensor of over 100 million pixels. Instead of a violin, we see carelessly attached treble clefs, but above all, a distinctive tattoo on the model's upper back. The visible pieces of duct tape are by no means a sign of laziness during the shoot or a reluctance to meticulously process post-production. They were left in place intentionally to ensure, in the age of AI, there would be no doubt as to the photograph's origin.

The model is clasped in her hands, and the question remains whose hands these are.

Inspiration:

"Ingres Violin," created in 1924, is a classic example of Surrealist art and a photograph that appears in every book on the history of photography. The photograph is remarkable not only for its visual aspect, but also for its ambiguous title. It not only alludes to the painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, which inspired the nude, but also has an idiomatic meaning.

The phrase "Le Violon d'Ingres" in French means "hobby." On the one hand, we have a nod to the classical painter's favorite pastime, playing the violin, and on the other, a reference to the famous romance between the photographer and Alice Prin, known among French bohemians as Kiki de Montparnasse.