Staging Modernism

This thesis, which supports an exhibition of visual art, develops from Jean Baudrillard\u27s philosophy of seduction. I have focused on the representation of the bachelor and his pad in American men\u27s magazines from the mid-twentieth century. During this period, magazines such as Playboy, Escapade and Rogue created features on modern living to reassure an independent and affluent man that a dwelling with style and taste would ensure a happy bachelor life and facilitate intimacy. My photographs and collages add complexity to this portrait by framing this unique space as a stage where an unmarried man encircled by his lusty decor acted to entrance a woman