Title: Beauty is in The Double Eyelid of the Beholder

This piece is part of the series, "Icons: Las Virgencitas (Our Beloved Virgins)", a social critique examining the legacy of gender politics in relation to race, body image, cultural aesthetics, and the overall social issues, that  result in exploitative structures.

The collection in its enterity, is comprised of 12 mixed media portraits of sexualized virgins; only 9 are available for sale. 

These virgins serve as ironic analogies, that convey the incongruity between pious religious standards, and the overtly sexualized female constantly promoted by mainstream media.

The thought-provoking images, reflect on the impact that Hollywood's conceptualization of womanhood has had, on the collective female psyche (within an intersectional framework).

This artwork represents plastic surgery and issues with self-image.

 

“The majority of facial cosmetic operations performed on Asians are considered "Westernizing" procedures. Two of the most popular, nose jobs (rhinoplasty) and eyelid lifts (asian blepharoplasty), are specially designed to make these features look more Caucasian… While Asian plastic surgeons claim that these procedures are meant to retain their patients' ethnicities and make them generally more attractive, I don't buy it. To put it bluntly: Facial plastic surgery on Asians is about making a person look as Caucasian as possible. And that's a disturbing thought.”  - Dr. Anthony Youn, Special to NPR & CNN Health

 

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