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Description: Saint Britney is a fusion of the Pop Princess and classical religious symbolism. This design reimagines Britney Spears as a martyr, adorned with a crown of thorns as a nod to the weight of her fame and the crucifixion by her family/media. Centered on her chest is the Immaculate Heart of Mary to represent her vulnerability and perseverance she has maintained throughout her struggles. Saint Britney serves as a commentary on the deification of celebrity and what it cost her. Portraying Britney Spears as a complex woman who survived many tragedies. This is done with the utmost respect. Britney died for our sins.
Description: The Origin of Love is one of my favorite songs from Hedwig and the Angry Inch (if not my favourite song ever). It tells the story of a soul split in two, forever searching for its missing half. I've always connected deeply to this not necessarily as a search for another person, but as a lifelong search for myself. So much of my work returns to fractured femininity, identity, and transformation. I don't believe we become someone new. I think we uncover the person who was always there beneath the expectations, the shame, and the roles we were taught to play.
Description: I recently came across this sketch. I drew it around 2017, at the beginning my Drag/music project, Sugar Coma. It was artwork for a series of acoustic demos I completely forgot about. This drawing I believe captured a version of myself that I was still trying to understand. The drawing borrows imagery from Sleeping Beauty, using the fairy tale as a metaphor for where I was emotionally at the time. Instead of an enchanted bed, the princess lies on a stained, lonely mattress, with an acoustic guitar nearby. The only suggestion that there might still be a voice waiting to wake up. It was my way of contrasting the fantasy of childhood with the reality I was living.
