Cover
PlayboyPlayboy Germany celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in July 2022 with a large anniversary issue and an exclusive collector’s edition of fifty covers, designed by equally as many international artists.
Tina Berning was invited to take care of one of those covers.
‘I thought it was a nice idea to create a cover for such an iconic magazine. Playboy has a long-standing tradition of working with artists. Tom Wesselmann, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol, Brad Holland, LeRoy Neiman, Olivia De Berardinis, and Patrick Nagel, among others, have preceded me. The image I’ve chosen for the cover conveys a respectful view of the female body in all its vulnerability. Through my expressive approach to the body, she loses all objectivity and regains her autonomy. It is a counterweight to the objectification of the women in the magazine,’ the artist states.
Tina’s work has been published in several magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, Italian, German and Japanese Vogue, Die Zeit, and Architectural Digest. She illustrated the cover of Ian McEwan’s latest novel Lessons (2022). These drawings contributed significantly to her unique approach to the human figure. Investigating the mediatised female figure has become an essential part of her artistic work.
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