Modern art sometimes gets a bum rap, but UK artist Anthea Hamilton's 10 metre high sculpture of a man parting his naked buttocks has earned her a spot on the shortlist for the 2016 Turner Prize.
Project for Door (After Gaetano Pesce), was on display at New York's SculptureCenter earlier this year as part of her Lichen! Libido! Chastity! exhibition, and it proved to be the perfect backdrop for art-appreciating selfie fans.
Hamilton lives and work in London, and her work combines elements of surrealism, comedy and uncompromising sexual imagery.
The artist herself couldn't resist a shot in front of the giant buttocks with Gaetano Pesce, an Italian architect and designer whose inspired Hamilton with his 1972 model for a doorway of spread male buttocks.
Originally intended to be a doorway for a Manhattan skyscraper, people would pass between his legs. Sadly, the work was never realized.
Hamilton's sculpture was modelled on a well-known graphic designer who let her 3-D scan his backside.
We also know he's in his mid-to-late 30s and often works with contemporary artists. Anyone recognise this bum?
The Turner Prize was established in 1984 and is awarded to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work.
Three other artists were shortlisted alongside Hamilton: Michael Dean, Helen Marten and Josephine Pryde.
All four artists will exhibit a new work at a Turner prize show at the Tate Britain before the winner is announced in December. The winner receives £25,000 ($49,500), and in previous years the prize has gone to Grayson Perry, Gilbert & George and Damien Hirst.
Hopefully we'll see something just as cheeky from Hamilton.
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