Category: Fetishization Series
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Why do Jeff Koons’ balloon dog sculptures feel instantly reassuring? A short essay on gloss, perception, and the strange psychology of polished art.
Mythohuman is an ongoing body of work by Maria Lankina exploring how a human signal stays coherent inside noise across painting, photography, AI imagery, and text.
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