Ronnie van Hout End Doll 2007 Produced as an edition of twelve for the Physics Room Collection of: B.L.A.C ; Jim Barr and Mary Barr; Alastair Crawford and Zoë Roland; Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu; Dunedin Public Art Gallery; Feuchs Gregg Collection; Jeff Field and Robyn Stewart; Private collection; Darren Wilkinson and Danae Mossman Reproduced courtesy of the artist
The contemporary art world hosts legions of dummies -- life-sized 3D portraits, that is. From Photorealists Duane Hanson and John de Andrea to Postmodernists like Charles Ray and Maurizio Cattelan, artists have thoroughly explored what might be called a narcissism of the human race.
