levee, 2024
ruched curtain of tulle netting with satin ribbon cords
Damenklub Violetta, 2024
flashe on Belgian linen over aluminum panel with poplar cradle
detail view
violet sissy fleur pinkie
installation view
Ruschman
November 2024
violet sissy fleur pinkie
installation view
Ruschman
November 2024
violet sissy fleur pinkie
installation view
Ruschman
November 2024
Ms. Scheherazade Dalloway-Havisham, 2024
porcelain vase
back view
violet sissy fleur pinkie
installation view
Ruschman
November 2024
The Women (Gay Block. Untitled (Brooch), 1994), 2024
oil, costume jewelry brooches, rice powder on Belgian linen over aluminum panel with poplar cradle
There She Goes, 2024
reduced scale French windows, wood, adhesive vinyl lettering,
hinges, miniature doorknobs, green latex paint matched to
Rrose Sélavy’s 1920 sculpture Fresh Widow, gallery white
latex paint, McDonald’s drink carriers
violet sissy fleur pinkie
installation view
Ruschman
November 2024
violet sissy fleur pinkie
installation view
Ruschman
November 2024
silk chiffon silk hotel, 2024
velvet upholstered desk chair on casters, porcelain, makeup brush bristles, antique ostrich plume (gift from Emmy Bright),
chicken feathers, dyed goose coquille, duck down, embroidery flosses, shards of mother of pearl shank buttons, Serge Lutens
paper smelling strips, ABS plastic artificial nails with crystal ornaments, stolen nail varnish, oil paint, perfumed powder, incense ash, PVA glue, ground white hominy
silk chiffon silk hotel, 2024
velvet upholstered desk chair on casters, porcelain, makeup brush bristles, antique ostrich plume (gift from Emmy Bright),
chicken feathers, dyed goose coquille, duck down, embroidery flosses, shards of mother of pearl shank buttons, Serge Lutens
paper smelling strips, ABS plastic artificial nails with crystal ornaments, stolen nail varnish, oil paint, perfumed powder, incense ash, PVA glue, ground white hominy
detail view
you were an old lady and a young lady and a very little girl – hilst, 2024
porcelain
you were an old lady and a young lady and a very little girl – hilst, 2024
porcelain
back view
you were an old lady and a young lady and a very little girl – hilst, 2024
porcelain
detail view
AT CENTER:
destroy, she sulked, 2024
reduced scale French windows, wood, adhesive vinyl lettering, hinges, miniature doorknobs, green latex paint matched to Rrose Sélavy’s 1920 sculpture Fresh Widow, gallery white latex paint, rose stained glass, porcelain, handmade paper collage by André Marin (Milkshake, 2021, handmade paper), cosmetic brush bristles, marabou feathers, antique dyed ostrich plumes, duck down, geisha coloring book pages with marker, satin pillows printed with images of copies of Florine Stettheimer’s A Model (Nude Self Portrait), ca. 1915, miniature Schiaparelli Shocking perfume bottle, miniature chaise lounges, miniature vanities, mother of pearl gambling chips, glass vial, Cathy figurine, Revlon powder blush in ‘Mauvelous,’ Vicky Tiel 1994 Sirene eau de parfum, Valentina Poudre perfume bottle, Etat Libre d’Orange Putain de Palaces perfume bottle, bottle, parfum, ash, Chinese flowering jasmine tea gift from Matt Ryan, rice flour, corn starch, silk peptide powder, pink setting powder, translucent setting powder, candles, wax, Lisa Eldridge Velvet Blush Lightly lipstick, polymer clay, artificial pearls, glitter, iris incense, violet incense, rose incense, heliotrope incense, embossed oil cloth, velvet, silk, silk ribbon, rayon satin ribbon, sequins, glass beads, paper tablecloth, plastic, duct tape, stolen nail varnish, antique plastic comb with satin ribbonwork, plastic Mardi Gras king cake baby, Clue: The Great Museum Caper game piece, color laser print of collage by Sabrina Ward Harrison, color laser print of Antoine Watteau’s Pierrot (Gilles), c. 1718–1719, plastic cloche with antique silk chrysanthemum, porcelain beads stained with watercolor, makeup applicator sponge, Hermes blush compact applicator, underwear label, tissue paper, laminated corrugated paper board, polyfil, silver permanent marker, ink, waxed thread, collapsible sewing table
destroy, she sulked, 2024
reduced scale French windows, wood, adhesive vinyl lettering, hinges, miniature doorknobs, green latex paint matched to Rrose Sélavy’s 1920 sculpture Fresh Widow, gallery white latex paint, rose stained glass, porcelain, handmade paper collage by André Marin (Milkshake, 2021, handmade paper), cosmetic brush bristles, marabou feathers, antique dyed ostrich plumes, duck down, geisha coloring book pages with marker, satin pillows printed with images of copies of Florine Stettheimer’s A Model (Nude Self Portrait), ca. 1915, miniature Schiaparelli Shocking perfume bottle, miniature chaise lounges, miniature vanities, mother of pearl gambling chips, glass vial, Cathy figurine, Revlon powder blush in ‘Mauvelous,’ Vicky Tiel 1994 Sirene eau de parfum, Valentina Poudre perfume bottle, Etat Libre d’Orange Putain de Palaces perfume bottle, bottle, parfum, ash, Chinese flowering jasmine tea gift from Matt Ryan, rice flour, corn starch, silk peptide powder, pink setting powder, translucent setting powder, candles, wax, Lisa Eldridge Velvet Blush Lightly lipstick, polymer clay, artificial pearls, glitter, iris incense, violet incense, rose incense, heliotrope incense, embossed oil cloth, velvet, silk, silk ribbon, rayon satin ribbon, sequins, glass beads, paper tablecloth, plastic, duct tape, stolen nail varnish, antique plastic comb with satin ribbonwork, plastic Mardi Gras king cake baby, Clue: The Great Museum Caper game piece, color laser print of collage by Sabrina Ward Harrison, color laser print of Antoine Watteau’s Pierrot (Gilles), c. 1718–1719, plastic cloche with antique silk chrysanthemum, porcelain beads stained with watercolor, makeup applicator sponge, Hermes blush compact applicator, underwear label, tissue paper, laminated corrugated paper board, polyfil, silver permanent marker, ink, waxed thread, collapsible sewing table
detail view
destroy, she sulked, 2024
reduced scale French windows, wood, adhesive vinyl lettering, hinges, miniature doorknobs, green latex paint matched to Rrose Sélavy’s 1920 sculpture Fresh Widow, gallery white latex paint, rose stained glass, porcelain, handmade paper collage by André Marin (Milkshake, 2021, handmade paper), cosmetic brush bristles, marabou feathers, antique dyed ostrich plumes, duck down, geisha coloring book pages with marker, satin pillows printed with images of copies of Florine Stettheimer’s A Model (Nude Self Portrait), ca. 1915, miniature Schiaparelli Shocking perfume bottle, miniature chaise lounges, miniature vanities, mother of pearl gambling chips, glass vial, Cathy figurine, Revlon powder blush in ‘Mauvelous,’ Vicky Tiel 1994 Sirene eau de parfum, Valentina Poudre perfume bottle, Etat Libre d’Orange Putain de Palaces perfume bottle, bottle, parfum, ash, Chinese flowering jasmine tea gift from Matt Ryan, rice flour, corn starch, silk peptide powder, pink setting powder, translucent setting powder, candles, wax, Lisa Eldridge Velvet Blush Lightly lipstick, polymer clay, artificial pearls, glitter, iris incense, violet incense, rose incense, heliotrope incense, embossed oil cloth, velvet, silk, silk ribbon, rayon satin ribbon, sequins, glass beads, paper tablecloth, plastic, duct tape, stolen nail varnish, antique plastic comb with satin ribbonwork, plastic Mardi Gras king cake baby, Clue: The Great Museum Caper game piece, color laser print of collage by Sabrina Ward Harrison, color laser print of Antoine Watteau’s Pierrot (Gilles), c. 1718–1719, plastic cloche with antique silk chrysanthemum, porcelain beads stained with watercolor, makeup applicator sponge, Hermes blush compact applicator, underwear label, tissue paper, laminated corrugated paper board, polyfil, silver permanent marker, ink, waxed thread, collapsible sewing table
detail view
destroy, she sulked, 2024
reduced scale French windows, wood, adhesive vinyl lettering, hinges, miniature doorknobs, green latex paint matched to Rrose Sélavy’s 1920 sculpture Fresh Widow, gallery white latex paint, rose stained glass, porcelain, handmade paper collage by André Marin (Milkshake, 2021, handmade paper), cosmetic brush bristles, marabou feathers, antique dyed ostrich plumes, duck down, geisha coloring book pages with marker, satin pillows printed with images of copies of Florine Stettheimer’s A Model (Nude Self Portrait), ca. 1915, miniature Schiaparelli Shocking perfume bottle, miniature chaise lounges, miniature vanities, mother of pearl gambling chips, glass vial, Cathy figurine, Revlon powder blush in ‘Mauvelous,’ Vicky Tiel 1994 Sirene eau de parfum, Valentina Poudre perfume bottle, Etat Libre d’Orange Putain de Palaces perfume bottle, bottle, parfum, ash, Chinese flowering jasmine tea gift from Matt Ryan, rice flour, corn starch, silk peptide powder, pink setting powder, translucent setting powder, candles, wax, Lisa Eldridge Velvet Blush Lightly lipstick, polymer clay, artificial pearls, glitter, iris incense, violet incense, rose incense, heliotrope incense, embossed oil cloth, velvet, silk, silk ribbon, rayon satin ribbon, sequins, glass beads, paper tablecloth, plastic, duct tape, stolen nail varnish, antique plastic comb with satin ribbonwork, plastic Mardi Gras king cake baby, Clue: The Great Museum Caper game piece, color laser print of collage by Sabrina Ward Harrison, color laser print of Antoine Watteau’s Pierrot (Gilles), c. 1718–1719, plastic cloche with antique silk chrysanthemum, porcelain beads stained with watercolor, makeup applicator sponge, Hermes blush compact applicator, underwear label, tissue paper, laminated corrugated paper board, polyfil, silver permanent marker, ink, waxed thread, collapsible sewing table
detail view
mama madame, 2024
porcelain, cosmetic brush bristles, Revlon powder blush in ‘Mauvelous’
installation view
the obscene madame d – hilst, 2024
porcelain, cosmetic brush bristles, L’Oreal Paris Colour Riche Monos Eyeshadow in ‘Mademoiselle Pink’
installation view
Grotto to the Romantic Avon Calling Grotto, 2024
novelty perfume bottles, glazed porcelain, polymer clay, silk, embroidery floss, digitally printed satin, polyfil stuffing, stolen nail varnish, plastic beauty counter doll furniture, plastic vanity doll furniture
installation view
Grotto to the Romantic Avon Calling Grotto, 2024
novelty perfume bottles, glazed porcelain, polymer clay, silk, embroidery floss, digitally printed satin, polyfil stuffing, stolen nail varnish, plastic beauty counter doll furniture, plastic vanity doll furniture
Grotto to the Romantic Avon Calling Grotto, 2024
novelty perfume bottles, glazed porcelain, polymer clay, silk, embroidery floss, digitally printed satin, polyfil stuffing, stolen nail varnish, plastic beauty counter doll furniture, plastic vanity doll furniture
she’s a fantasist you know. that lady. hotel lobbies are full of them – duelle, 2024
porcelain, cosmetic brush bristles, BBIA powder cheek in ‘Powder Pink,’ Etat Libre d’Orange Putain de Palaces eau de parfum
yharnam, pthumerian queen is a chalice dungeon boss, and adoration for soshiro matsubara, 2024
porcelain, glass, velvet, candles, parfum, rice flour, corn starch, silk peptide powder, lambs wool powder puff, polyfil, waxed thread
tallulah – a powder that can turn into anything – wishes, 2024
parfait of rice flour, corn starch, silk peptide powder perfumed with compositions comprising
violet, iris, carrot seed, heliotrope, rose, carnation, aldehydes, lavender mailette, peony,
orange blossom, bergamot, raspberry, clove, anise, black peppercorn, pink peppercorn,
cocoa, labdanum, white musks, cedar, fir balsam, palo santo, ho wood, sandalwood, leather,
butter CO2, beeswax, wet clay, artemisia, elemi, basil, eucalyptus, tea tree oil,
peppermint, celery seed, tonka bean,
vanilla absolute, civet
Damenklub Violetta, 2024
flashe on Belgian linen over aluminum panel with poplar cradle
installation view
this is what makes us girls – white witch, 2024
flashe, antique silk appliqué on Belgian linen over aluminum panel with poplar cradle
89” x 43"
i work in a market as a checkout girl – i had a feeling that i belonged – dream girl, 2024
flashe, antique moire ribbon, porcelain, perfumed powder on Belgian linen over aluminum panel with poplar cradle
89” x 43”
The Women (Ishiuchi Miyako. Frida by Ishiuchi #39, 2013), 2024
oil, silk fiber rosettes ca. 1800s on Belgian linen over aluminum panel with poplar cradle
LOWER LEFT:
I don’t dress like this because I want to look like a girl,
I dress this way because I want to look like a faggot!
(Sherrie Levine. Salubra 3, 2007) ii, 2024
oil on mahogany
UPPER RIGHT:
I don’t dress like this because I want to look like a girl,
I dress this way because I want to look like a faggot!
(Sherrie Levine. Salubra 3, 2007), 2024
oil on mahogany
Garage to the Romantic McDonald’s Girl Toy Grotto, 2024
plastic figurine, glazed porcelain, antique miniature bottle of Caron French Cancan perfume from J Kent, satin appliqués, plastic pearl, silk ribbons, silk, embroidery floss, digitally printed satin, polyfil stuffing, plastic beauty counter doll furniture
LEFT:
madame de…, 2024
porcelain, cosmetic brush bristles, Maybelline New York FIT ME blush in ‘Mauve,’ Sephora Colorful mat eyeshadow in ‘Strawberry Macaron’
RIGHT:
women, world, whimsy, wonder – vaginal davis –
it was a she named tuffy – viola davis, out of sight, soderbergh –
only the chorines, bull daggers, aesthetical Negroes, lady lovers, pansies, and anarchists
supported her experiments in living free. she was their avenging angel. only the wayward appreciated
her riotous conduct; only they could discern the beautiful plot against the plantation she waged each and every day – saidiya hartman, 2024
porcelain, antique moire silk ribbon, custom MDF shelf
women, world, whimsy, wonder – vaginal davis –
it was a she named tuffy – viola davis, out of sight, soderbergh –
only the chorines, bull daggers, aesthetical Negroes, lady lovers, pansies, and anarchists
supported her experiments in living free. she was their avenging angel. only the wayward appreciated
her riotous conduct; only they could discern the beautiful plot against the plantation she waged each and every day – saidiya hartman, 2024
porcelain, antique moire silk ribbon, custom MDF shelf
Homage to the Romantic Hellfire Club Grotto, 2024
plastic action figure, glazed porcelain, miniature white fishnet stockings, Dresden embossed foil paper witch, antique velveteen red heart, crushed Ambien, silk, embroidery floss, digitally printed satin, polyfil stuffing, plastic beauty counter doll furniture
installation view
even the moon crisis makeup! is wearing makeup – naruse, 2024
porcelain, glazed stoneware, vintage kimono silk, Mary Kay consultant Glamour Shade organizer tray ca. 1985, Odette Parfum Co. bubble mailers, satin digitally printed with detail view of Joe Brainard’s ‘If Nancy Was a Boy,’ 1972, polyfil stuffing, thread, tapered end false eyelashes on plastic backing, vintage velvet orchids, pleated and bound antique ribbon ornament
Ms. Scheherazade Dalloway-Havisham, 2024
porcelain vase
Mrs. Estelle Lestrange, 2024
dyed marabou feathers, duck down, perfumed powder, porcelain, vintage silk ribbon (gift from Laurie Stern), silk ribbon, rayon satin ribbon, Bvlgari ribbon, digitally printed satin, vintage kimono silk, molded plastic bows, waxed thread, hot glue, polyfil, dowel, MDF panel
Mrs. Estelle Lestrange, 2024
dyed marabou feathers, duck down, perfumed powder, porcelain, vintage silk ribbon (gift from Laurie Stern), silk ribbon, rayon satin ribbon, Bvlgari ribbon, digitally printed satin, vintage kimono silk, molded plastic bows, waxed thread, hot glue, polyfil, dowel, MDF panel
Mrs. Estelle Lestrange, 2024
dyed marabou feathers, duck down, perfumed powder, porcelain, vintage silk ribbon (gift from Laurie Stern), silk ribbon, rayon satin ribbon, Bvlgari ribbon, digitally printed satin, vintage kimono silk, molded plastic bows, waxed thread, hot glue, polyfil, dowel, MDF panel
reverse side
madame de…, 2024
porcelain, cosmetic brush bristles, Maybelline New York FIT ME blush in ‘Mauve,’ Sephora Colorful mat eyeshadow in ‘Strawberry Macaron’
violet sissy fleur pinkie
installation view
Ruschman
November 2024
Works Under Analysis
Rrose Sélavy. Fresh Widow, 1920.
Sturtevant. Duchamp Fresh Widow, 1992-2012
Millie Wilson. Lace Curtain Window, 1991
Gay Block. Untitled (Brooch), 1994
Ishiuchi Miyako. Frida by Ishiuchi #39, 2013
Sherrie Levine. Salubra 3, 2007.
oil on mahogany and wall paint, 14 parts: 27 x 24 x 1 in., overall dimensions variable
Judy Chicago. The Dinner Party, 1974–79.
Vaginal Davis. “Girls against God: A Poem Manifesto.”
Pink Labor on Golden Streets: Queer Art Practices, 2015. Schwärzler, et al, editors.
Vaginal Davis. Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, 2015.
watercolor pencil, Wet & Wild Solid Gold nail varnish, hydrogen peroxide, glycerine, AquaNet hair spray, and witch hazel on Hotel Fruehlings notepad paper
6 x 4 in.
Vaginal Davis. Dot, 1992. 16 min.
Stanley Kwan. Rouge, 1987. 96 min.
Marguerite Duras. Destroy, She Said, 1970.
Marguerite Duras. Nathalie Granger, 1972. 83 min.
Saidiya Hartman. Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals, 2019.
Stephane Mallarme. La Dernier Mode, 1874.
Larry Mitchell. The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions, 1977.
Kenneth Anger. Puce Moment, 1949. 6 min.
Alan Reid. Underneath Descent, 2015.
Caran d’Ache, Flashe, feather, and glass beads on canvas in frame.
Mikio Naruse. Late Chrysanthemums, 1954. 101 min.
Mikio Naruse. Ginza Cosmetics, 1951. 87 min.
Mikio Naruse. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, 1960. 111 min.
Mikio Naruse. Flowing, 1956. 117 min.
Antoine Watteau. A Lady at Her Toilet, c. 1716-17.
Berthe Morrisot. Woman at Her Toilette, 1875-1880.
Jill H. Casid. “Commerce in the Boudoir.” Women, Art and the Politics of Identity in Eighteenth-Century Europe, 2003. Melissa Hyde and Jennifer Milam, editors.
Lil Picard. Cosmetic Fragment, 1965.
John Waters. La Mer, 2009.
styrofoam, urethane, plaster, latex
Lori Larusso. Crème Puff USA, 2023.
Hilda Hilst. The Obscene Madame D, 1982.
Hilda Hilst. Letters from a Seducer, 1991.
Tracy Chapman. “Fast Car.” April 6, 1988.
Lana del Rey. Entire catalogue.
Bonnie Lucas. Entire catalogue.
Serge Lutens and Christopher Sheldrake. Feminité du Bois, 1992. Shiseido.
Serge Lutens and Maurice Roucel. Iris Silver Mist, 1994. Eau de parfum.
Laurie Stern. Pangolin Violette Rose, 2021. Eau de parfum.
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz. Guimauve de Soie, 2012. Eau de parfum.
Maria Candida Gentile. Rrose Sélavy, 2016. Eau de parfum.
Yasunari Kawabata. House of the Sleeping Beauties, 1961.
Bruce Hainley. “Dear Marie.” Artforum, September 2020. Vol. 59, No. 1.
Marie Laurencin. La Maison meublée, 1912.
Paul Delvaux. The Pink Bows, 1937.
Tori Amos. Under the Pink. January 31, 1994.
Tori Amos. Gold Dust. October 1, 2012.
Tori Amos. Boys for Pele. January 22, 1996.
Tori Amos. American Doll Posse. May 1, 2007.
Petah Coyne. Black/White/Black, 1996. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Petah Coyne. How Much Can a Heart Hold, 2024. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI.
Florine Stettheimer. Crystal Flowers, 1949.
Colette Lumiere. Living Environment, 1972–1983.
Comme des Garçons. Stephen Jones, 2008. Eau de toilette.
Dita Von Teese. Vaniteese, 2023. Eau de parfum.
Mark Rappaport. The Vanities of Douglas Sirk, 2014. 10 min. 47 sec.
Stephen Frears. Dangerous Liaisons, 1988. 119 min.
Vivienne Westwood. “Cut, Slash & Pull,” Ready-to-Wear Spring/Summer 1991.
Keith Giffen and Paul Levitz, et al. “Darkness Transcendent.” Legion of Super-Heroes. Vol. 2, No. 292. October 6, 1982.
Keith Giffen and Paul Levitz, et al. “Different Paths.” Legion of Super-Heroes. Vol. 3, No. 55. December 7, 1988.
Melissa Lee Hyde. Making Up the Rococo: François Boucher and His Critics, 2006.
Alain Resnais. Last Year at Marienbad, 1961. 94 min.
George Cukor. The Women, 1939. 133 min. Based on Claire Boothe Luce’s 1936 play of the same name.
Joel Schumacher. Batman Forever, 1996. 122 min.
Monique Wittig. “One Is Not Born a Woman,” 1981.
Martín Soto Climent. La bella durmiente, 2015. Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico.
Agatha Christie. Nemesis, 1971.
Agatha Christie. The Murder at the Vicarage, 1930.
Denis Diderot. Les Bijoux Indiscrets, 1748.
Dries van Noten. Ready-to-Wear Fall/Winter 2021.
Sixpence None the Richer. Sixpence None the Richer. November 22, 1997.
Cocteau Twins. The Pink Opaque. January 13, 1986.
Strawberry Switchblade. Strawberry Switchblade. April 1985.
Lady Gaga and Elton John. “Sine from Above.” Chromatica, 2020.
Muna. “Silk Chiffon.” September 7, 2021.
Louise Bourgeois. Pink Days and Blue Days, 1997.
Jeffry Mitchell. Joy in Repetition, 1991.
hydrocal, latex, watercolor, clothesline
Julie Ault, editor. Felix Gonzalez-Torres, November 22, 2016.