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A clay sculpture of a person with brown hair and pink lips, resting their chin on their hands. They are positioned behind a brown, bucket-like shape against a solid blue background.

Miscellaneous: Eleanor Macnair remakes photography classics with Play-Doh

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Date
27 September 2013

Argh Play-Doh was so much fun, smelt so good, tasted grim but made everything look brilliant and you could even bake it so your multicoloured figurines could be set in stone forever, until a limb dropped off and was eaten by the dog. Everything was a masterpiece pretty much, but I bet you never did this. The brain child of artist Eleanor Macnair, Photographs Rendered in Play-Doh sees famous photos remade in the more-fun-than-clay material and then photographed, capturing Grace Jones’s uber flexibleness in fluorescence whilst ensuring Bill Brandt’s Nude with Elbow remains just as alluring. It puts all of those miniature animals to shame really.

A 3D render of a stylised face and torso in off-white, set against a deep blue background. The figure has a single blue eye, a dark eyebrow and bright pink lips.
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Eleanor Macnair: Photographs Rendered in Play-Doh

A high-contrast black and white portrait of a person. Their face is partially obscured by an arm, with their gaze directed downwards.
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Bill Brandt: Nude with elbow

A clay sculpture of a person wearing a green swimsuit, standing against a deep blue background. They stand on a strip of yellow clay, with two white lines stretching across the scene behind them.
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Eleanor Macnair: Photographs Rendered in Play-Doh

A person in a yellow swimsuit and ballet shoes stands on a sandy beach. Behind them, the ocean meets a cloudy, overcast sky.
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Rineke Dijkstra: Kolobrzeg, Poland, July 26 1999

A 3D figure made of clay against a blue background. The person rests their chin on their hands, wearing a brown trapezoidal garment.
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Eleanor Macnair: Photographs Rendered in Play-Doh

A black and white portrait of a person sitting backwards on a chair. They lean their chin on their hands, looking directly at the camera against a dark background.
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Lewis Morley: Christine Keeler

A 3D clay figure of a person in a yoga pose, balanced on one leg against a blue and yellow background. They wear a pink top and leg warmer, with yellow bands around one arm.

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