“Mercy adds a vintage touch.” was the title in the doll magazine for a precocious plastic pre-teen, sailor-suited, a coquette with a provocative wink-- evoking for me the unmerciful, vintage—even ancient—touch of sexual merchandising on girls and women. What does mercy now require of us?
Lucy Julia Hale
"Vintage Touch"
2-D collage of found, printed paper images cut from mass-produced publications,
with very limited inked detail.
6” wide, 9 1/4” high unframed
11.5” wide, 1.5” high framed
2013
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