Title: Yellow Fever

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 deals with the exotification of Asian women.

"I love Asian women! Asian women are so hot. Japan, Korea, China? […] Do any of these phrases sound familiar to you? If they do, congratulations, you've come across (or you are) a man — probably white — with so-called 'Yellow Fever'. Of course, such exotifying sentiments are meant to be complimentary… Only, it isn't praise. It is patronizing and dehumanizing, and inextricably bound up with the social power of race and gender. When the 'Yellow Fevered' men speak to me, they aren't speaking to me, they're speaking to their idea of an Asian woman, their fantasy made flesh. They're speaking to every Asian woman they've ever seen in the media, every Asian porn actress they've ever leered at on their computer screens. My personality is rendered invisible, obscured by the lenses of racial stereotype."  – Joy’s story for Media Diversified Org

 

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