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Artist
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My
work examines what we associate and identify as feminine and how we interact
with different brands of femininity. The surreal and suggestive images
in my paintings on upholstery fabric, are derived from common language
slurs and pet names in our slang and everyday language that are assigned
to women. The liberated images are empowered with over-the-top wit, bold
sexuality, kitschy domesticity, girliness, and above all, self-consciousness.
In
my work, cliché girlish pattern and color evoke and parody femininity
as a cultural construct. The “figures” in my paintings simultaneously
poke fun at and embody stereotypes that pigeon-hole women as housekeepers,
sex objects, decorations or symbols of their man’s social cache.
My work is intentionally provocative and sarcastic, challenging the viewer
to reflect about the confining and one-dimensional identities that we
expect women in our society to uphold. |