You posted this image to evoke a response, so here is mine. I have read some of the responses and have a slightly different interpretation, for which I am probably going to get flamed. Victorian...yes, but there may be a Freudian double-entendre backdrop to all of this. The House of WAX may not be referring to WAX figures, but to a Victorian beauty parlor. She could be a "Waxed" figure vs a "Wax" figure. Perhaps the woman is shown proudly diplaying her "Brazilian" Wax in a typical Victorian manner. This is done via the clever use of a hairless cat and the position of the hands and arms. (Freud would have been proud.) The wax-like textures adds to the play on words, as well. I can imagine some husband commissioning such a painting, back in the day, for his smoking room or library and placing it over the fireplace. If this was the intent of the photographer, then I think it was truely brilliant. If not, then perhaps my convoluted interpretation is. As I always say when interpreting art, "There is more than one way to skin a cat." (Pun intended.)
House of Wax
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You posted this image to evoke a response, so here is mine.
I have read some of the responses and have a slightly different interpretation, for which I am probably going to get flamed.
Victorian...yes, but there may be a Freudian double-entendre backdrop to all of this.
The House of WAX may not be referring to WAX figures, but to a Victorian beauty parlor. She could be a "Waxed" figure vs a "Wax" figure. Perhaps the woman is shown proudly diplaying her "Brazilian" Wax in a typical Victorian manner. This is done via the clever use of a hairless cat and the position of the hands and arms. (Freud would have been proud.) The wax-like textures adds to the play on words, as well.
I can imagine some husband commissioning such a painting, back in the day, for his smoking room or library and placing it over the fireplace.
If this was the intent of the photographer, then I think it was truely brilliant. If not, then perhaps my convoluted interpretation is.
As I always say when interpreting art, "There is more than one way to skin a cat." (Pun intended.)