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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Eddy Frankel

Sweet nothings, urinal cakes and headless dogs: 10 artworks worth seeing at Frieze

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Take note … Carolyn Lazard, Portrait IV. Photograph: courtesy the artist/Trautwein Herleth

Ella Fleck at Ehrlich Steinberg

The raised platform in the middle of British artist Ella Fleck’s installation vibrates under your feet to the sound of a male voice. He’s whispering sweet nothings, intoning sexual fantasies. It’s all based on third-party agencies that manage OnlyFans accounts, interacting with users, creating fictional relationships that horny guys spend thousands on. It’s a greasy, gross, uncomfortable exploration of sex work on an industrial scale.

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