Fetishism is a form of sexual behavior in which gratification is strongly linked to a particular object or activity or a part of the body other than the sexual organs.
The slave/primitive aspects of one of the portraits in Halloran’s condo, the blaxploitation in the other— or the blackness present in both— are examples of fetishim.
The smiling children Native American portraits can also be a form of fetishism in that American Culture is more interested in their idealized fantasy version of history than real life.
If the sexual abuse signifiers are true, that is another indication of fetishism.
In this image · No.48
The Portrait and the Bathing Woman
The pose in the red-background portrait above Halloran’s bed is repeated by the woman getting out of the bath in Room 237, Image 941.5. The repetition links displayed sexual imagery with Jack’s encounter.