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frottage /frot·tage/ (fro-tahzh´) [Fr.] frotteurism.
frot·tage (frô-täzh)
n.
1. Massage; rubbing.
2. The act of rubbing against the body of another person, as in a crowd, to attain sexual gratification.
frottage
[frôtäzh′]
Etymology: Fr, rubbing
1 sexual gratification obtained by rubbing (especially the genital area) against the clothing of another person, as can occur in a crowd.
2 a massage technique using rubbing. Compare masturbation.
frottage [frŏ-tazh´]
1. a rubbing movement in massage.
2. frotteurism.
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With his frottages, which emphasize the indexical nature of the mark and make use of the support's asperities as it reveals them, Seurat abolished the projective nature of drawing, celebrated as disegno since the Renaissance.
"Georges Seurat: The Drawings"; Museum of Modern Art, New York by Bois, Yve-Alain / Artforum International
During his four years of apprenticeship with Batlle (1950-53), Aizenberg produced collages and frottages (textured rubbings) inspired by those of Max Ernst and drawings strongly influenced by Picasso.
Roberto Aizenberg: Argentina's visual alchemist: this master ... by Bach, Caleb / Americas (English Edition)
Collages, frottages, pliages, rolled works and three-dimensional pieces in stainless steel, tin, aluminum, wood, plastics, rubber and cloth were made.
Postscript to "an interview with Michael Snow" in issue #84 Winter ... by Snow, Michael / C: International Contemporary Art
 
 
 
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