Egg Girl
In my work, I draw inspiration from notions of womanhood that have been artificially created through various media and technologies over time. I blend representations from different eras to create my own interpretation of them.
Egg Girl (2026) consists of two stretched canvases. The left-hand panel is painted in flou oil paint and is based on a stretched image of the infamous drag queen Divine, with the green pattern and red belt alluding to the serpent from the story of the Fall. The right-hand panel is constructed from layers of paper glued together with varnish. Divine, an 80s icon known for her transgressive roles and the title ‘The Filthiest Alive’, is the inspiration for the work. The two panels reflect on the artificial construction of femininity and transgressive femininity as a counter-reaction.
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