#metoo & Music

Bowie: Consensual Sex With a Child

2018
Speaker grille cloth, pink tulle, wood
18”x24”
Edition of 5

R Kelly: Arrested and Charged for Possessing Child Pornography, Judge Dropped the Charges, Ruling Police Didn’t Have Sufficient Cause to Conduct Raid

2018
Speaker grille cloth, black lace, red pleather, and wood
18”x24”

Edition of 5

Iggy Pop-I slept with Sable when she was 13 Her parents were too rich to do anything She rocked her way around LA 'Til a New Tork Doll carried her away, look away

2018
Grille cloth, metallic fishnet spandex, silver lamé, and wood
18”x24”
Edition of 5

Ted Nugent: Well, I don't care if you're just 13, You look too good to be true, I just know that you're probably clean...Jailbait you look fine, fine, fine...

2018
Grille cloth, fishnet, metallic spandex, wood

18”x24”
Edition of 5

Kesha’s Accusations Against Dr Luke: Sexual, Physical, Verbal, and Emotional Abuse

2018
Speaker grille cloth, lace, silver lamé, and wood
18”x24”
Edition of 5

Jimmy Page Liked Them Young

2018
Speaker grille cloth, spandex, panty hose fabric, wood
18”x24”
Edition of 5

Elvis Used to tell People He Liked to Look Out for Cherries-Underage Virginal Girls He Could Sleep With

2018
Grille cloth, red tulle, pleather, and wood
18”x24”
Edition of 5

Throughout history, famous musicians have sexually and physically abused women and girls without consequences. This series challenges the long held believe that we cannot separate the art from the artist. I stretched gendered fabrics: lace, fishnet, and spandex, over grille cloth, the material used to make amps. The Fender logo was appropriated to spell out the names of famous men in the music industry who have abused women and girls. Most of them never faced any consequences.