ART & DESIGN

Photos: Panopticum

A new group exhibition inspired by an Austrian wax museum is frighteningly surreal

by Ann Binlot

Herbert List

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“Trepanation, Vienna, Austria,” 1944 by Herbert List.

Copyright herbert List Estate, Hamburg, Germany. Courtesy Robert Miller Gallery, New York.

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“Hymenoplasty. Cosmetic Surgery, P.A. Fort Lauderdale, Florida,” 2007 by Taryn Simon.

© Taryn Simon. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.

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“Instructive View Into the Ribcage, Vienna, Austria,” 1944 by Herbert List.

Copyright Herbert List Estate, Hamburg, Germany. Courtesy of Robert Miller Gallery, New York.

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“Untitled,” 1989 by Cindy Sherman.

Photo courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York.

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“Nose Surgery, Vienna, Austria,” 1944 by Herbert List.

Copyright Herbert List Estate, Hamburg, Germany. Courtesy of Robert Miller Gallery, New York.

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“Porno Film Strip #4,” 1972 by Robert Heinecken.

Photo courtesy of Robert Heinecken Trust and Petzel, New York.

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“Nut Bush City Limits (Tina Cake),” 2013 by Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe.

Photo courtesy of the artists and Robert Miller Gallery, New York.

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“Macrobiotic Sculpture #1 (Lucky Cat),” 2013 by Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe.

Photo courtesy of the artists and Robert Miller Gallery, New York.