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Show & Tell, Mia Jae Tiffany Hutchinson
Show & Tell, Mia Jae Tiffany Hutchinson
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My work examines the concept of the fetish through subject and materiality. By weaving together elements borrowed from Baroque and Pop art, I intentionally disrupt historical norms. The overarching Camp aesthetics serve as a vehicle for subverting established references, while simultaneously imbuing them with a queer sensibility. By recontextualizing classical representations of the figure, I put myself into the work to examine how identity is the Subject but is conflated with the ideas of Objecthood.
References to pornography and sex work play a pivotal role in this body of work. For many trans women, sex work becomes a pragmatic choice …