# @maria.lankina on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DV06hANsJjR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61123348-marialankina-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c99f2ebd66.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-03-13T13:45:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maria Lankina | Artist · AI, sound, analog (@maria.lankina) — https://gondola.cc/maria.lankina

## Caption

Why do certain glossy sculptures feel instantly reassuring?
Why do people smile before they have even decided what they are looking at?
In a new essay I explore how polished objects organize perception, how pleasure can be engineered, and why the so-called opposition between “raw” and “polished” art may be less convincing than it first appears.
Full essay: Fetish of the Toy�Link in bio.

Or 

Blog.lankina.com
#artessay�#artwriting�#artblog�#artideas�#thinkingaboutart

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artideas, thinkingaboutart, artblog, artwriting, artessay

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