Allison Zuckerman
Little Baby Girl, 2024
30 x 24 inches
Archival CMYK stretched canvas print with crystal rhinestones embellishments
Limited edition of 8
Hand-embellished, signed and numbered by the artist
This print edition of Baby Girl, titled Little Baby Girl captures a layered interplay of innocence and masked defiance. Our protagonist — a blonde girl in anime-styled pigtails, her open mouth framed by shiny acrylic nails—holds a rainbow swirl lollipop in a gesture that is both playful and unnervingly assured. With her face posed against a mountainous landscape, her skin glows with an orange hue, and her chin is sharply geometric, challenging the softened innocence often ascribed to young girls. Drawing inspiration from Tiqqun's Theory of a Young Girl, this piece questions the assumption that youthful femininity equates to harmlessness. Crystal rhinestones embellish the print, invoking the playful dress-up aesthetics of "Pretty Pretty Princess" while exposing the artifice and power in adornment. In line with references to George Condo's expressive distortions, Picasso's forms, and Lichtenstein's pop iconography, Little Baby Girl treads the line between innocence and bold self-presentation, creating a nuanced, layered figure that defies easy categorization.
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