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Hans Belmer is a German-born Surrealist artist and writer best known for the dolls he created around the ’30s. Besides the provocative nature of his work, he is considered as one of most controversial artists of the 20th century. His work touches on scopophilia, fetishism and sadomasochism among others; his dolls are penetrated, decaying, or dissecting themselves like a nightmare or a repressed reminiscence of childhood –he clearly expresses the darker, more frightening side

“Artificial limbs do not disrupt amputees’ bodies, but rather reinforce our publicity perceived normalcy and humanity. Artificial limbs and prostheses only disrupt what is commonly considered to be the naturally whole and abled body.” Steven L.Kurzman “BL: Why do you want to dance? VP: Why do you want to live?” ‘The Red Shoes’ movie, 1948 The Concept of the Uncanny Feeling: Interpretation of the Unhomely “With every tool, man is perfecting his own organs -whether motor or se