The artist's new show at the Heaven by Marc Jacobs gallery features her signature, fairy-like figures floating in space and feeding pet monsters. See more:
. I've done a few illustrations for them before, so that's how it came to be. It's not a huge space, but it was perfect because I had nine paintings that I did in a matter of three months. Ava [Nirui] allowed me to do whatever I wanted, which was super cool. I put all these stickers on the wall and painted on the wall. It happened pretty naturally, but it was a huge success.Yeah. And actually, I came back home, and the space resembled my room.
I love the painting that you did where the girls are throwing these smiley faces around. It reminds me of a snowball fight.series where they always be having snowball fights. It's based on war, as well. When I was painting there was just so much hate in the world. I was getting very overwhelmed by just thewhy can't people be fighting for happiness instead of because of hate?
That's why there's these little smiley faces on the balls. If they get a hit, instead of getting hurt they get happier, you know. But the girls are also in this gear – wearing these cleats spiky bottoms and knee pads. They have headbands. I wanted to make it seem like they’re just playing flag football or a game. Like, let's just quit fighting.When I look back at journals from 10 years ago, I have similar themes that I draw upon. It's kind of hard to talk about.
I have PTSD from my childhood, and I’m still having to deal with it as an adult. Flashbacks of feelings that were put away seem to come out of nowhere. As an individual struggling with, I think drawing has always been a way to temporary cure some problems. My household did not speak about feelings, so it’s very hard for me to articulate it in words. I’m really lucky to have a skill that lets me express the never-ending turmoil that goes on in my head.
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