ART & DESIGN

Photos: Getting Erotic with Aïda Ruilova

by Steph Eckardt

Ruilova

With her new solo exhibition at New York’s Marlborough Gallery, the artist seduces with vintage erotica — just not in the way you’d expect.

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Pleasure Seeking Nurses, 2015. Paper and velvet, 63 x 47 in. Photo courtesy of Marlborough Chelsea.

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Rocky, 2016. Vinyl, fan and hardware, edition 1/3. Photo courtesy of Marlborough Chelsea.

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Yellow Flowers. Grave. Procession., 2015. Paper and velvet, 47 x 32 in. Photo courtesy of Marlborough Chelsea.

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The Smile, 2015. Paper and velvet, 49 x 56 in. Photo courtesy of Marlborough Chelsea.