- The Stories I Tell About Them Are Really Just Stories About Me
- Cotton, MX Dye
- 2023
- The Stories I Tell About Them Are Really Just Stories About Me is my way of being very direct about my presence. I collaged pictures of myself with anyone else in the photo being erased and then transfered that design to a screen print. I created a functional work suit using canvas with this pattern printed on it. I may not always be the subject of my work but I will always be the maker.
After having made several works about people in my life, specifically men. I felt like I wasn’t being a good feminist or something. Perhaps an identity crisis. I went to art school for me but I never made work about me. Where was I in my work?
While struggling with this idea, I settled on believing that in showing my relationship with people was a reflection of me. I was the one telling the stories and I was the one creating the work. Maybe I don’t have to explicitly say I was there to know who I am.