Chopping and slicing, Margaux Lange mutilates the body of one of the world’s greatest icons. Tearing off ears, cutting off limbs, she takes no prisoners when it comes to art. Lange is a contemporary jewellery designer, and her victim is a Barbie doll, which she innocently pulls apart, turning it into avant-garde jewellery pieces ideal for any princess, plastic or not. For most, childhood memories of Barbie and her lover Ken were packed away in the attic by the time they hit adolescence. For Lange, the separation was too hard -- and now at the ripe age of 30, she has found an acceptable way of keeping the perky doll in our lives.
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