Theme: Chicks with Guns

These works are an investigation of images centered upon the misconstrued impression of empowerment conveyed by sexy chicks with weapons. Contemporary film images of fetishized-hyper-violent women served as the catalyst for this body of artworks. These works are a thoughtful examination of the relationship between violence, sexuality and femininity. There is something visually disfigured about a woman holding a weapon; the sight runs counterintuitive to ‘mom & apple pie’. The veracity of the pose belies the notion of sexiness, thereby the female figure becomes contorted with a quiet sense of impending violence.