Playboy, 2005

Taken from Smith's series Arranged Appearances, this image depicts a nude woman lying on her belly, looking at a spread in a vintage Playboy with rapturous attention. She assumes a pose reminiscent of females in the gentlemen's entertainment magazines scattered all around her on the floor. By multiplying the objects of male desire to a ridiculous degree, Smith pokes fun at the proliferation of male fantasies in modern media.

Raised on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Alix Smith's work critically examines the world of privilege and wealth she experienced at a young age. Photographing childhood friends in their lush homes and drag queens posing as suburban housewives, Smith makes pictures that look like subversive editorial spreads for Town and Country.

The recipient of numerous awards, including the Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Residency, Smith was recently chosen by Saatchi Online to show at the New York PULSE Contemporary Art Fair. Recently named one of the best new artists working today by ArtReview, Smith is an underrated gem on the art market—just ask Elton John, he's an early collector of her work.

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