{"id":174,"date":"2024-04-29T15:30:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T15:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/2024\/04\/29\/dudi-ben-simon-photos\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T15:30:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T15:30:49","slug":"dudi-ben-simon-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/2024\/04\/29\/dudi-ben-simon-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Dudi Ben Simon\u2019s Playful Photos Draw on Visual Puns and Humourous Happenstance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All images \u00a9 Dudi Ben Simon, shared with permission<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

When\u00a0Dudi Ben Simon<\/a> observes the world around her, visual puns and parallels are everywhere: a cinnamon bun stands in for a hair bun; the crinkled top of a lemon is cinched like a handbag; or yellow rubber glove stretches like melted cheese. \u201cI see it as a type of readymade, a trend in art created by using objects or daily life items disconnected to their original context, changing their meanings and creating a new story from them,\u201d the artist says. \u201cI attempt to preserve the regular appearance of the items, but with a switch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben Simon also takes inspiration from the directness of advertising, focusing on a finely tuned, deceptively simple message that can both be read quickly and provoke humor or curiosity. \u201cI truly believe in minimalism,\u201d she says. \u201cWhat is not required to tell the story does not exist.\u201d<\/p>\n

See more playful takes on everyday objects on Ben Simon\u2019s Instagram<\/a>. You might also enjoy Eric Kogan<\/a>\u2019s serendiptous street photography around New York City.<\/p>\n

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Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. The article Dudi Ben Simon\u2019s Playful Photos Draw on Visual Puns and Humourous Happenstance<\/a> appeared first on Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All images \u00a9 Dudi Ben Simon, shared with permission When\u00a0Dudi Ben Simon observes the world around her, visual puns and parallels are everywhere: a cinnamon bun stands in for a hair bun; the crinkled top of a lemon is cinched like a handbag; or yellow rubber glove stretches like melted cheese. \u201cI see it as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,270,258,269],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}